The American City With 17.2% Unemployment
This Arizona city's jobless rate has been well above the national average for years.
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Douglas A. McIntyre
MicroStrategy Founder Saylor Should Be Fired
MicroStrategy is the latest new-age financial firm to implode.
USPS Has No Reason to Have 630,000 Employees
The U.S. Postal Service bills itself as one of America’s largest employers, but does it have tens of thousands of workers it does not need?
Robinhood Should Fire Its CEO
Robinhood management gambled that people would continue to trade via its easy-to-use smartphone app. The CEO did not see that there was a change coming.
The Hottest Place In The World Is 122 Degrees
People can barely live in temperatures above 110 degrees F, let alone at 120 degrees F. The human body cannot cool itself rapidly enough to offset the damage of high temperatures. Some people suffer…
The Great American Recession
It has been over a decade since the end of The Great Recession. As another downturn starts, an open issue is whether this one will look like the worst economic beating since WWII. The…
Some Ford Dealers Overcharge Customers
The demand for cars has surged in the U.S. over the last two years. Consumers locked out of dealers in the early spread of the COVID-19 virus are now actively in the markets. The…
States With The New COVID-19 BA.2.75 Variant
The U.S., plagued by the COVID-19 Omicron BA.5, may face another hurdle in the way of cutting the spread of the disease. It is known as the BA.2.75 subvariant. Its presence and growth has…
U.S. Postal Service To Lose 50,000 People
Management of the U.S. Postal Services, bloated with too many employees to make money, plans to cut or lose 50,000 workers in the next few years. It is about time. Unfortunately, USPS also plans…
America’s Favorite Stock
The U.S. stock market has been on a roller coaster ride this year. After most of the major indices posted record highs late last year, the market has plunged, then partially recovered. Among the…
The Best State for Remote Work
Millions of Americans have been able to relocate because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies have needed to shutter offices to prevent the spread of the virus. Among these, some have said people will never…
The Most Expensive City in America to Rent a Home
The rise in home prices in the last year has truly been extraordinary. According to the carefully followed S&P Case-Shiller index, prices have risen by 20% nationwide on a monthly basis year over year.…
GM Sales Could Drop Below 2 Million
The auto business in America has faced unique hurdles over the last year and a half. Demand for cars rose after many people could not visit dealerships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the…
The State Where It Is Hardest for Women to Buy Homes
The U.S. housing boom of the last two years is close to unprecedented. Home prices have soared since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rate at which home prices have risen in…
The State Where the Most People Don’t Have Internet
Americans have been online for decades. At first, they used “dial-up”, which has unusually slow upload and download speeds. In the early 2000s, this began to be replaced by broadband, which was ten times…
Why Does Walmart Sell Water for $1?
Tap water is close to free almost anywhere in the U.S. Bottled water can be an expensive alternative based on the price of well-known brands that include Aquafina and Dasani. These brands have to…
Ford’s Brass Indicates Layoffs Are in the Works
Ford management continues a media tour in which it slowly signals layoffs. The most recent example is a comment by its chief financial officer. CFO John Lawler told Yahoo! Finance that “We’re working on…
Discovery CEO Zaslav’s White Man Problem
Bloomberg News ran a damning article about the composition of the top management and the board of recently created Warner Bros. Discovery. CEO David Zaslav has been an American management superstar for years, and…
Meta Loses Investors $500 Billion
Meta Platforms, the oddly named parent of Facebook, posted its worst earnings in memory. Its shares now trade at $162, down from a 52-week high of $384.33. Its current market cap is $450 billion,…
FoxNews Posts Viewer Satisfaction Win
Some research about the consumer satisfaction of people who consume news online does not distinguish between whether news sites are liberal or conservative. The new “ACSI E-Business Study 2021-2022” was just released and is…