Best Buy Pushes the iPhone 7 — Hard
Of the promotions 24/7 Wall St. noticed for the iPhone 7, the best and most aggressive was from consumer electronics retailer Best Buy.
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Renters Are Most Satisfied With Conditions in Boston and San Francisco
When Apartment List recently polled 30,000 renters nationwide to measure the satisfaction with life in their cities, cities with the highest rents did best.
Can Apple Shares Get Back to All-Time High of $134.54 Soon?
Sales of the iPhone 7 need to be spectacular in the first few days it is available and then throughout the holiday season. Otherwise, shares are more likely to drop than soar.
The Case That Credit Card Agreements Are More Confusing Than Skyscraper Architect Drawings
CreditCards.com has posted a study that shows that credit card agreements are so complex that people need an education well beyond what most Americans attain.
Lowe’s Adds Robot Greeters
Lowe’s Innovation Labs has created the Lowebot to help shoppers to find items, and will deploy it in a few stores to start.
Americans Drive for 17,600 Minutes a Year
It can't be all Americans, because some are too old or young to drive. Some others don't have licenses. Nevertheless, somehow the AAA has figured out that we drive 17,600 minutes a year.
Boeing Paid $20 Billion by Military for Defective Missile Systems
The Pentagon spent $40 billion over a decade on a ground-based domestic missile defense system that has repeatedly failed the most rudimentary tests of its effectiveness in shooting enemy nuclear missiles out of the…
Amazon Sells Photography Drones
Amazon recently promoted a new photography drone, which is part of an army of the devices sold at Amazon.com. Some of the drones Amazon sells cost less than $100. Others are close to $10,000.
2 of America’s Great Yield Stocks: AT&T and Verizon
There may be other blue chips, but none has the iron-clad balance sheets, wide moats for most of its businesses and management that largely has been viewed as steady and smart.
Global Oil Demand Set to Tumble as China Cracks Down on Teapot Refiners
One of the biggest mysteries for the global oil market, and certainly the biggest wildcard for future oil prices, is the current state of China's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Home Prices Surge 11% in Oregon, 10% in Denver
More and more data pile up that the real estate market has recovered from the recession. In some markets, prices are above their 2005 and 2006 peaks. New data from CoreLogic show that over the one-year…
Does the iPhone 7 Fly Like a Drone? No
It has to be more than a phone. It has to stretch the iPhone universe so widely that it is unimaginable.
Chevy Pushes 2016 Inventory With Crazy 0% APR for 72 Months
Warning. Long-term car loans may be bad for the economy, car companies and car buyers. General Motors Co.’s (NYSE: GM) Chevy may have missed the point. It is offering virtually its entire line of…
One World Trade Center Still America’s Largest Building at 1,776 Feet
Big news. The Wilshire Grand Tower in Los Angeles, which is 1,099 feet tall, has become the tallest building West of the Mississippi. It is not nearly the tallest in America. One World Trade…
Detroit Stats
(www.detroitstats.com), one of the new family of city statistics sites launched by 24/7 Wall St. LLC, went live last week. Stories at the site: Michigan Has the 4th Lowest Vaccination Rate Despite longstanding…
Can Marijuana Help Alzheimer’s Patients?
This year marks a watershed in state legalization of marijuana, triggered by a change in social norms, the taxation yield promise, and the fact that, in many states, marijuana is already approved for medical…
At $85,000, Youngstown Has Lowest Home Prices in US
The median price of an existing home in Youngstown, Ohio was $85,400 last quarter, the lowest among all MSA in America. Consider that against the median for the nation at $229,400, or the highest…
Wind Turbine Service Technician Is Fastest Growing Job in America
The need for wind turbine service technicians will grow more than 108% by 2024, according to a 24/7 Wall St. analysis.
Springfield, Illinois, Is America’s Top City for Unions
Labor Day. A celebration of America's workers. It is 100 years old, at least in some states, and it has a special place in the heart of America's labor unions.
A Texas Barndominium on Sale for $120,000
It does not seem very much of a deal at first. A barn converted to a three-bedroom, two-bath 1,600 square foot house.