Apple Shares Up 60% for the Year
Apple shares have risen an extraordinary 60% this year, by far the best performance of any of the 30 components of the Dow Jones industrial average.
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Boeing Board Needs to Fire CEO Muilenburg
Why the Boeing board of directors has to force CEO Muilenburg out and replace him with someone who was not with the company when the troubled 737 Max was developed.
Fiat Chrysler 50/50 Merger With Groupe PSA Done
In a marriage that will create the world’s fourth-largest car company, Groupe PSA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE: FCAU) will merge-50/50. The announcement: The plan to combine the Groupe PSA and FCA businesses…
Will GM Buy Ford as Industry Consolidates?
If car companies learned anything in the last recession, it is that a sharp drop in car buyers can ruin a manufacturer. GM would certainly find Ford a strong partner as the industry consolidation…
Barbie’s Big Quarter
Mattel posted much better than expected earnings. The owner of Barbie has proven that it can return to its spot as a major toymaker.
10 Tragic Facts About Child Poverty
From the Council on Contemporary Families 1. Even after accounting for receipt of public benefits and programs for low-income families, 13% of U.S. children—9.7 million—are living in families with incomes below the poverty line. Without…
Tiffany Is Not a Very Good Company
Tiffany, which has received a buyout offer from luxury conglomerate LVMH, is not a very good company. Investors should take the money and run.
GM Sales Expected to Drop in October
Auto sales should stay steady, moving along at a near-record pace, in October. However, some car companies will suffer a fall-off in sales.
House Built on Plot Used by Serial Killer Hits Market for $459,000
It is not much of a house, measuring 2,500 square feet with three bedrooms and two baths. The listing makes the home seem inviting. The drawback is that one of America's best known serial…
People Want Retailers to Know What They Want
Apparently, shoppers do not want to wander around stores looking for items they may want to buy. They also do not want to wander around websites looking for specific items when retailers might make…
Apple Up 56% Ahead of Earnings
Apple's shares are up more than 56% so far this year, outpacing all other members of the Dow Jones industrial average. This week's earnings announcement will tell whether the stock can continue a meteoric…
Walmart Shares Clobber Amazon This Year
Amazon's shares have underperformed the Nasdaq this year. The index is more than 13% higher, but Amazon's shares are up 8% or so. In the meantime, Walmart's stock has risen by nearly 26%.
States Where Drunk Driving Deaths Are Soaring
The national rate of drunk driving deaths has slowed, according to new research. Yet in several states, the number has soared.
German Economy Goes Into the Dump
Germany, the largest economy in Europe and the fourth largest in the world, is in deep trouble, and the big economic engines are sputtering all over the world.
Twitter CEO Dorsey Runs Out of Excuses
Twitter posted one of its occasionally horrible quarters, which is either proof that its business model was always hopelessly flawed or that CEO Jack Dorsey is out of excuses for the deeply harmful stumbles…
Ford Chair Bill Ford Has Run Out of Excuses
Ford's latest earnings statement shows how poor a job its CEO and board chair have done as the company's performance continues to deteriorate.
Why California Gas Prices Are 50% Higher Than National Average
U.S. gasoline prices have not moved much in the past month. A gallon of regular in California today costs over four dollars.
Public Support for Marijuana Legalization Has Finally Stopped Rising
A new Gallup poll shows that two-thirds of Americans believe marijuana use should be legal, up sharply from 50 years ago.
Why the Odds of Being Killed by a Car Walking or Biking Have Skyrocketed
While a decline in drunk driving and better safety systems in vehicles continue to reduce the number of drivers and passengers killed in cars, pedestrians have not been so fortunate.
Former WeWork CEO Neumann Won’t Give Part of His $1 Billion to Laid-Off Workers
WeWork's CEO will get more than $1 billion in the bailout. But will he give any of that to the thousands of people WeWork will lay off in the next several weeks?