The IFO Business Climate Index tracks the sentiment of German business management. It took a tumble in April, perhaps a reflection of a global economic slowdown, particularly in Europe. Germany is the largest economy…
New research shows there is a very large spread of how likely people are to get a speeding ticket by state.
Amazon has several ways for people to get free delivery of packages. Among the most impressive is its ability to deliver many items the same day they are ordered.
A letter without a ZIP code may not reach its intended destination. That is because of the way addresses are read by automated postal systems.
Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) will report earnings this week. The troubled social media company needs to show that it has restarted user growth and that it has become more of a mainstream advertising platform.…
NASA reports that a test of a Space X rocket suffered an “anomaly” accident. It is not clear what the accident was, or how much it will set back a program that the government agency…
Boeing suffered another blow in its efforts to get the 737 Max 8 back into the air. China expects extensive tests before the aircraft can return to service there.
Luxury car maker BWM recalled 360,000 cars in China, the world’s largest car market by far. According to The People’s Daily: BMW will recall 360,001 vehicles in China to replace defective airbags, according to…
The U.S. Census Bureau has just released its data on the growth in the population of America’s cities and counties. Only one city has grown over 30% over the period measured. It is a…
A number of the fastest-growing U.S. cities and counties are located in Texas, according to a new Census report. One city stands out as it was the only one to add over 100,000 during…
Among the 3,142 counties in America, only one grew over 50%, according to a recent Census survey. It is a small county in North Dakota with only about 35,000 residents.
Most large car companies around the world want to get leadership in this sector, a gamble that at some point people will no longer want to buy their own cars.
This pizza chain is an example that, when it comes to brands that people like the most, bigger is not always better. But it will continue to do well because of the huge national…
Some experts say that the Samsung Galaxy Fold has problems almost immediately out of the box. If the problems continue, will they undermine sales of a product that should be the start of a…
Pinterest is about to go public. There is every reason to believe that initial investors may hammer the stock soon after it begins to trade.
Quarter after quarter, IBM's turnaround is promoted by the company and its CEO. Occasionally, there are signs of modest progress, but then the company takes a step back again.
The merger of Sprint and T-Mobile was undermined by an expected probe of the deal by the U.S. Department of Justice. T-Mobile can survive the end of the transaction. Sprint most likely cannot.
Many experts believed a trade war with the United States would dampen China’s economic growth. They were wrong. It grew by 6.4% in the first quarter, a sign that the Chinese economic miracle has…
Of all the coffees sold at all the coffee shops and grocery stores, this one stood out in a new major national survey of brands.
The recent college admissions scandal shows the lengths to which parents will go to get their children into high-end colleges. However, at most American colleges, more than half the applicants are accepted. However, there…
