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Douglas A. McIntyre

Do Uber AI Layoffs More American Jobs At Risk?

Uber just cut a chunk of its customer service workforce in the name of AI efficiency, and it is far from alone. The real question is whether these scattered layoffs signal the early edge…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

IBM Is The World’s Worst Big Tech Company

Once ranked among America's corporate giants, IBM has missed nearly every major tech revolution of the past four decades. Now a stunning earnings report reveals just how far and how fast the company continues…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Tesla Should Break Itself Into Two Companies

Tesla's latest earnings reveal a company quietly splitting into two very different businesses with very different futures, and the gap between them is growing too wide to ignore.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Larry Ellison Loses $66 Billion

Oracle is spending its way into an AI arms race against rivals with four times its revenue, and the cracks in its balance sheet are starting to show in ways that go far beyond…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Starbucks’ Stock Down 17% In Five Years

Brian Niccol has brought fresh energy to Starbucks, but a recovering brand still faces a relentless army of rivals and a stock that trails the broader market by a wide margin over five years.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Cadillac Is America’s Worst Luxury Brand, By Far

A major customer satisfaction survey just ranked every luxury car brand in America, and one storied nameplate finished so far behind the rest that its parent company faces a question it may not want…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

This Is America’s Worst Car Brand

One American car brand has collapsed so completely that its parent company may never be able to save it, and a major new consumer survey just confirmed how far it has fallen.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

AI Could Destroy US Economy

As AI eliminates jobs across industries, the federal tax base faces a collapse so severe it could trigger a chain reaction no bailout can fix. The numbers coming out of Wall Street and Silicon…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Apple Faces Extreme Drop in Global Smartphone Sales

Global smartphone shipments just hit their worst levels in over a decade, and Apple is caught in the middle of a costly AI arms race that threatens the product responsible for more than half…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

China Wants To Cripple Anthropic

As Anthropic races toward a high-stakes IPO, China is stepping up its AI ambitions and positioning its cheaper models as a credible rival, raising a question that investors and enterprises cannot ignore.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Why Is Buffett Back On TV As Berkshire Shares Fall?

Warren Buffett stepped back into the spotlight on CNBC just as Berkshire Hathaway's shares stumbled, raising a pointed question about who is really running the show under new CEO Greg Abel.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Ford Should Stop Selling EVs

Two bombshell reports from the Times and the Wall Street Journal suggest the American auto industry is running out of time, yet the real threat to Ford may not be Chinese EVs at all.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

America Has Room For 714 Million Barrels Of Oil

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve sits at its lowest level in decades after record withdrawals, and President Trump is warning the US could run dry in weeks. What happens to the American economy if the…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

AI Is Much More Dangerous Than You Think

Nobel laureates, economists, and scientists have signed an urgent warning about the next ten years of AI, yet the people with the most to gain seem utterly uninterested in slowing down. The collision between…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Larry Ellison Loses $60 Billion

Oracle's founder has watched his fortune collapse faster than any other billionaire on the planet this year, and the reason has Wall Street questioning whether the company can survive the AI arms race at…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Why I Won’t Buy A Rivian

Rivian keeps winning SUV awards, but a growing list of red flags is making at least one longtime car shopper walk away for good. The quality scores, the pricing, the service gaps, and the…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Is AI Running Out Of Money?

Tech giants are borrowing at a pace that would have seemed unthinkable just a few years ago, betting that AI revenues will eventually justify the load. But skeptical investors, blocked construction projects, and corporate…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 2 months ago

Stock Of A Great Dividend King Jumps 24%

While tech giants burn cash chasing AI dominance, one old-school tobacco company is quietly outpacing some of the biggest names in the market, and income investors are starting to take notice.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 3 months ago

Shut Down The Post Office, As It Raises Prices Again

The price of Forever stamps will rise from $0.78 to $0.82 this weekend. When the stamp was first issued in 2007, the price was $.41. “Forever” stamps never expire, and the price at which…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 3 months ago