Apple's market cap hit $825 billion last week. The 47% surge over the past year makes it nearly impossible that the market caps of other large tech companies will catch it, certainly not anytime…
The threat to the Port Arthur refinery shows how serious Hurricane Harvey is, as its shutters millions of barrels a day of refinery capacity.
As Category 3 Hurricane Harvey moves toward the Texas Coast, estimates of damage have been put as high as $40 billion in the cost of residential reconstruction.
Wall Street skepticism about Ford got a boost as shares sold short in the company rose handily for the period that ended August 15.
The Arctic ice has become uneven enough, and thin enough, that a tanker has crossed over the area without the help of an ice cutter or other ships.
Samsung heir and leader Jay Y. Lee was convicted of bribery and related charges, Amazon will cut prices at Whole Foods, Hurricane Harvey could temporarily raise oil prices, and more important headlines.
For a company with large aspirations and a huge market value, Uber has small revenue. And what if its growth rate rapidly decelerates in the year ahead?
Fiat Chrysler has indicated no real interest in selling Jeep to a Chinese truck maker, oil prices could be temporarily affected as a potential hurricane moves closer to Texas, and more important headlines.
Results from a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show that new lane departure systems help prevent accidents.
The European Union may kill the huge Bayer and Monsanto merger, Verizon launched new pricing plans for mobile subscribers and more important headlines.
As media veteran Ross Levinsohn steps up as the new publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times, the parent company has a market cap of $440 million.
The values of Ford and General Motors are low enough that, like Fiat Chrysler, they could become M&A targets for rich vehicle manufacturers based outside the United States.
TV news has found Snapchat a good way to distribute programs, especially to young people. At the same time, Snapchat has found some relevance among marketers.
The publisher and several top editors at the Los Angeles Times have been fired, Macy's has a new president and other top headlines.
The organization Detroit Future City recently published an analysis of the Detroit’s recovery. The report is entitled “139 Square Miles”. The authors were less optimistic in their assessment of Detroit’s recovery than many local…
According to Reuters, Texas power company Oncor has been bought by Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) Warren Buffett had also bid for the operation. The news service reports: Texas utility Energy Future Holdings will abandon…
Walmart apparently wants to move goods without the need for roads, trucks or airplanes. At least that is what a patent filing hints.
When the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its state employment figures for July, five states had rates of less than 3%, well below the national average.
The Detroit-area home of rapper Eminem is for sale for about $2 million. The home is huge, but he may never have lived in it.
NASCAR has come to Twitter, but who will watch it? The programs are available too many other places.
