Elon Musk’s Hellish Months
As Elon Musk addressed shareholders at the company's annual meeting, he complained that his efforts to get out a promised volume of the new Model 3 may have been the most "hellish months" he…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
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ZTE may have set a deal with the U.S. government, China offers to buy more U.S. goods and services, stock buybacks top $200 billion in May, and other important headlines.
WWDC 2018: The Customer Is Always Right
Apple kicked off its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on Monday with a raft of announcements related to the company's various operating systems. Alas, no new hardware was introduced.
Twitter, All Grown Up, Gets a Place in the S&P 500
The S&P 500 includes scores of underperforming companies, which range from manufacturers to retailers, tech companies and social media, like Twitter.
Hawaiian Volcano Should Help Caribbean Tourism
Mexico and the Caribbean not only have weather similar to Hawaii, but they are also much closer for many Americans.
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Starbucks co-founder Howard Schultz to retire, Twitter will join the S&P 500, costs from a Hawaiian volcano are rising, and other important headlines.
Even With Slump of New Star Wars Film, Disney Controls a Third of Studio Market
"Solo: A Star Wars Story" may have underperformed at the box office, but Disney still holds a nearly unprecedented 34% of studio revenue so far this year.
Airline Fuel Prices Expected to Surge to $188 Billion This Year
After years of the benefits of low oil prices, carriers will need to contend with the expense of one of the few things over which they have little control.
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Monsanto name to be eliminated, a SpaceX mission to the moon is delayed, trade wars could curtail global economic growth, and other important headlines.
G7 Members Savage US on Trade, Express Anxiety About Crypto-Assets
The G7 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Charlevoix, Canada was a hard one for the U.S. Every one of America’s allies battered it for a set of tariffs which may…
Most Popular Home in America Is a Barn in Texas
They are called “barndominiums” which means, as the word says, barns of one sort or another, which are converted into homes. The most visited listing on realtor.com last week was a barndominium built in…
Secret Weapon: Tesla’s Over-the-Air Updates
Loup Ventures' Gene Munster sees a significant competitive advantage for automaker Tesla in the company's ability to perform over-the-air software updates.
Fiat Sales Fall by Almost Half in May
Fiat suffered a huge drop in sales in the United States last month, with a double-digit percentage drop in sales for every one of the cars in the model line.
Youth Unemployment Rate Near 20%
The unemployment rate among young Americans in May was double the national rate at the worst part of the Great Recession.
Newspaper Billionaire Saviors Start to Make Cuts
Revenue at several publicly traded newspaper publishers has fallen about 10% year over year. That drop shows no sign of arresting, and the pessimism about recovery is spreading.
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Several allies hit back at Trump tariffs, S&P cuts Deutsche Bank's credit rating, a Goldman Sachs executive charged with insider trading, and other important headlines.
Security Tokens: An Emerging Opportunity in Crypto
Doug Clinton of Loup Ventures begins a multi-part series on cryptocurrency assets known as tokens and how the SEC might treat tokens as securities in order to regulate their trading.
SoftBank’s Investment in GM Self-Driving Car Another Setback for Ford CEO Hackett
SoftBank could have picked Ford as its American partner. It will never be clear to the public why this was not the case.
East Coast Tropical Storm Damage Could Hit $1.6 Trillion
A research firm has forecast that the potential fury of storms this year could cause $1.6 trillion in damage to residential properties.
Nationwide Layoffs Modest in May
Layoffs were moderate nationwide in May, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which is known for tracking the trend.