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Douglas A. McIntyre

Rivian Turnaround Falls Apart

Rivian beat delivery expectations and still watched its stock crater, leaving investors to wonder whether the EV startup's ambitious recovery plan was already unraveling before it even got started.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

McDonald’s Sued Over AI-Powered Menu Price-Fixing

A federal class action lawsuit accuses McDonald's of using an AI-powered system to coordinate menu prices across thousands of locations, and the outcome could reshape how artificial intelligence is used in business far beyond…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Starbucks Faces Suit Over “Sugar Free” Claims

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX | SBUX Price Prediction) faces a lawsuit over how it describes some of its food. According to Reuters, the suit cites a federal regulation. “Federal law prohibits Starbucks from using “sugar-free”…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Meta AI Plans Could Be Crippled By Lawsuits

Meta is betting over $130 billion on AI infrastructure while facing a wave of lawsuits that legal experts are comparing to the landmark Big Tobacco cases. Whether those legal battles drain the resources fueling…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Berkshire Hathaway’s Stock Price Problem Gets Worse

Greg Abel inherited one of the most cash-rich companies on earth, yet Berkshire Hathaway sits flat while the S&P 500 surges ahead. Something has to give, and the window for Abel to prove himself…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Nike Will Never Recover

Nike's stock has collapsed, its China business is crumbling, and local rivals are tightening their grip on the world's biggest market. The real question is whether any turnaround plan can save a brand that…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

AI Becomes Top Reason For Job Cuts

New data on job cuts looks reassuring on the surface, but buried in the numbers is a figure that reveals how fast AI is reshaping who gets to keep their job and who faces…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

BYD Proves Lead Over Tesla Won’t Stop

BYD has spent two years outmuscling Tesla across Europe while Tesla hemorrhages ground in China, raising a question investors can no longer ignore: what happens when a car company loses every market except its…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Ford’s Sales Hit Alarming Drop

Ford is losing ground fast in its own backyard, and the remedies it is counting on range from a bold new budget EV to an energy deal that drew a presidential rebuke. Whether any…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Apple To Sell 6 Million iPhone Duos In 2026

Apple's priciest iPhone yet carries a sticker shock that would make most buyers flinch, but analysts say millions of customers are lining up anyway. The real question is whether Apple can actually build enough…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Car Payments Now 40% of Average U.S. Rent Costs

Monthly car payments have climbed so high that they now rival a major household expense most Americans consider far more essential, and the ripple effects on savings, home ownership, and debt are reshaping how…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Anthropic IPO Warns Of “existential risks to humanity”

Anthropic's IPO prospectus contains a warning so alarming that it overshadows billions in losses and a half-trillion-dollar spending plan, raising a question Wall Street has never had to answer before.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

AI Debt To Top Germany’s GDP

AI hyperscalers are burning through capital at a pace that dwarfs entire national economies, and analysts warn the financing schemes growing in the shadows may be far less stable than anyone wants to admit.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

China EVs Could Destroy Ford And GM

Ford's CEO once warned that Chinese EVs pose an existential threat to American automakers, and now GM's CFO is quietly signaling the same fear. The tariff wall protecting Detroit may not hold forever, and…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Own This Cigarette Stock Or Treasuries?

With the stock market leaning hard on one shaky pillar and U.S. debt crossing $40 trillion, a 57-year-old dividend stalwart from an industry everyone loves to hate might be the safest place to park…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Oracle’s Collapse–$200 Billion In Data Center Shut Downs

Oracle's Project Jupiter is just one casualty in a growing wave of blocked and delayed data center construction that threatens to destabilize the entire AI infrastructure boom, and the warning signs point far beyond…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

People Can’t Afford McDonald’s

McDonald's is betting a menu overhaul can win back customers who are quietly disappearing, but forces far beyond the golden arches may already be deciding the outcome.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Americans Run Out Of Money To Buy A House

A quiet crisis is unfolding in the American housing market, where a collision of soaring mortgage rates, record home prices, and shrinking household budgets has locked millions of would-be buyers out of a market…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 1 month ago

Peloton’s Collapse Continues

Peloton keeps rolling out new products and bold promises, but a brutal five-year stock chart raises one uncomfortable question: does the company have any moves left that customers actually want?

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago