Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) investors have worried about tepid iPhone sales, the primary factor in the company’s profits. They can take some comfort in the fact that iPhone sales are so profitable that they are…
Car and light truck sales have risen from just above 10 million per year in 2009 to 17 million. And earnings among car makers have rebounded from the period when GM (NYSE: GM) and…
There have been rumors Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) will close its Kmart division. Sears has denied them as it continues to close scores of stores. Moody’s has observed Sears cannot survive without outside capital.…
Over 16 million cars and light trucks will be sold in the U.S. this year, and millions more in the U.K. and Germany. Tapping into that market, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) paid an extraordinary sum…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) claims its Xbox flagship game platform outsells any of its console rivals. Sony (NYSE: SNE), at the top of that rivals list, needs to post strong holiday sales to keep pace. According…
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Eventually, retailers will be so aggressive that holiday shopping will start the 4th of July. In the meantime, Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will start Cyber Week sales on Black Friday, the traditional first shopping day…
Management of The Detroit Free Press, owned by Gannett (NYSE:GCI) and The Detroit News, owned by Digital First Media, will put a number of their editorial workers on the streets, permanently, for the holidays.…
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows over 20% of California suffers from the worst classification of drought. That is down considerably from two years ago However, it is not enough to save the 62 million…
Divorce rates dropped 25% from 1980 to 2015. However, in several areas, led by Washington, D.C., the rates are still high. According to The Bowling Green State University National Center for Family and Marriage…
NASCAR great Mark Martin retired from the sport in 2013. This was after an extraordinary 40 Sprint Cup wins. He has put the house he lived in since then on the market for $2.55…
A new share buyback is not likely to do the trick. Neither is research that shows a rising use of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) among Americans. The company’s market cap is down 10% in the…
It is unlikely that the Federal government can create a law to override statutes that allow medical and recreational use of marijuana in some states. These laws have been put on the books in a…
Investors made an error when they drove Best Buy shares up 14% to over $46, largely due to the company's disclosure it had online sales in the United States of $881 million for the…
By Kashif, Investment Analyst at PrivCo, a private company financial intelligence platform While several factors are involved in a company’s decision to file for an IPO in 2017, the main reasons we cited were…
According to a report in Nikkei Asian Review, Apple could do what has been unthinkable, which is to move some iPhone production to the United States.
Google Translation of Volkswagen statement: The Board of Management and the General Works Council of Volkswagen signed a future pact in Wolfsburg after constructive negotiations. He is leading the return of the Volkswagen brand…
Bogus news sites had more traffic than legitimate ones late in the election cycle, according to a survey, pointing out how gullible and uneducated many Americans are.
Barnes & Noble NOOK e-reader sales have been slaughtered recently as the company falls hopelessly behind Amazon.com due to the success of its Kindle.
It is not the same as leading the worldwide smartphone market, but Apple will hold that distinction among tablet manufacturers, with a full quarter of the market in 2017.
