Leaving Inventory at Amazon Warehouses Will Cost You
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) does not want companies which sell products at its website to store items at its warehouses for long. And, as a disincentive, it has raised the costs to do so.…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
What If Tesla Makes 4,999 Cars a Week?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk will need to make an unusually convincing argument that any production number below 5,000 a week is acceptable to keep investors and the media happy.
Why GM’s Comments About Job Losses Are Wrong
GM's argument for job losses due to tariffs is strong, but not nearly strong enough.
Returning to Our Amazon + Target Prediction
Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster revisits the firm's prediction that Amazon will acquire Target. There are three good reasons for Amazon to do so according to Munster.
TSA Tells People Not to Carry Fireworks
The TSA believes some of the 28 million airline passengers will try to carry fireworks as they travel during the holiday period.
Ford Sends a Message to Elon Musk
Is Musk right about the future of Ford, even if his own company fails to meet all its major milestones and he loses most of his credibility?
6 Most Important Things in Business Today
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) did poorly in government stress tests. According to The Wall Street Journal: Regulators cleared most of the largest U.S. banks to increase their…
Ford Sales Expected to Drop in June
U.S. car sales are expected to rise in June, and most manufacturers are expected to post gains. One notable exception is Ford.
Observations From Fremont on Model 3 Production
Analysts at Loup Ventures spent three days watching truck traffic leaving the Tesla plant in Fremont, California. They estimate that the company is producing Model 3 sedans at a rate of about 4,300 a…
West Virginia Is America’s Least Psychopathic State
A researcher has come up with a test that shows which states are most and least "psychopathic." For some reason, West Virginia falls at the bottom of the list.
Chipotle Becomes the New Starbucks as It Closes Stores
Closing retail locations is bad news, particularly in the fast-food business. It is a signal that management put stores where they should not have been and now has too many.
6 Most Important Things in Business Today
Chipotle Mexican Grill to close stores as it retrenches, Apple and Samsung settle a long-running intellectual property battle, and other important headlines.
Facebook Dumps Its Drone Program
Buried in a report from Facebook's Connectivity Lab was a statement that it would dump its drone program meant to address the global problem of millions of people without access to the internet.
How Long Can Tesla Dodge Safety Issues?
A recent report about an accident that involved a Tesla vehicle spelled bad news for the company. Such accidents may dampen consumer demand at a time Tesla needs it.
China Suggests It Will Support Its Companies Against Tariffs
Among the advantages of a nation with a central government controlled by one ruling party is that local organizations can be shielded from forces from outside the country.
Malware May Accelerate Crytocurrency Collapse
Cryptocurrencies have a new problem that could further crater their value. Malware attacks have become more virulent and more frequent, which will make some traders abandon trading altogether.
6 Most Important Things in Business Today
One of America's largest hedge funds lays off staff, more restructuring makes GE a much smaller company, and other important headlines.
Information Asymmetry in Security Tokens
Security tokens provide many benefits to underlying assets, the most important of which is liquidity. However, liquidity doesn’t just happen because you build the technology to tokenize assets and the exchanges to trade them.
Moving Production Offshore Won’t Save Harley-Davidson From Poor Sales
Lost in trade war issues is that Harley-Davidson is doing poorly financially because the demand for its products has fallen.
Well Fargo Renews Its Commitment to You After Rip-Offs (Update)
Wells Fargo, plagued by a long list of bank rule violations and hundreds of millions of dollars in government penalties, has launched a new marketing campaign.