Amazon Chops Prices of Preowned, Open-Box Items
What happens when people buy products from Amazon.com that they then returned, but in good condition? It resells them to get some revenue from inventory that is otherwise valueless.
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Douglas A. McIntyre
A Chance for an Apple Buyout Offer as Netflix Stumbles
Netflix stock sold off in double digits after its earnings announcement, which makes it cheap, according to analysts, who say the sell-off is an overreaction.
Ross Stores Opens 31 Locations Months After Macy’s Closes 40
Someone is doing something right in retail, and someone is doing something wrong. Ross Stores is set to open 31 new locations.
Cleveland Among Worst, Most Segregated, Most Miserable Cities in America
The Republican National Convention may be one of the best things that have happened to Cleveland in a long time, if it is relatively orderly.
20 Countries That Own 88% of World’s Gold
Just 20 countries control 88% of the world's gold.
Apple iTunes Offers ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ $4.99 Promotion
“Fifty Shades of Grey,” the movie version of the nearly pornographic novel, did poorly at the box office. It posted only $11.7 million in domestic box office sales, which puts it 63rd among all…
Ford F-150 Gets 0% for 60 Months Financing
Ford Motor Co.’s (NYSE: F) F-150 is the top-selling vehicle in the United States. For some reason, the number two car company in America has started to offer 0% APR for 60 months on it.…
China Plans Housing For 3.4 Billion People
China’s current population is 1.4 billion. The government is planning well in advance for the growth of its residents, and perhaps too far. The Xinhua News Agency reports the People’s Republic hopes to building…
Chrysler Should Dump Fiat in US
Fiat Chrysler has had an extraordinary run in the United States, particularly because of Jeep sales. The one embarrassment the company continues to face is sales of its Fiat models.
An $85,000 Wreck of a House for Sale in Elkhart
There is a Victorian house for sale in rural Elkhart, Illinois, that could be either fixed up or torn down. It is only available for cash, and only to the intrepid.
A $120,000 Mansion for Sale in Indiana
The house in Evansville, Indiana, is mansion-sized indeed, with six bedrooms and five baths. But, built in 1923, it is more than run down.
Ford and GM Sales Stumble in Europe
The latest car sales numbers in the European Union signal the challenges that U.S. car companies have outside America.
Verizon and AT&T: Perfect Stocks as Market Runs Higher
AT&T and Verizon Communications are not flash companies in the world of high tech, but they have been perfect investments as the market has rallied.
BP Hit by Total $61.6 Billion Cost for Deepwater Horizon
Six years of payouts is a long time to manage the fallout from the largest oil spill in history. It may take decades to know how badly BP was hurt by the Deepwater Horizon…
Starbucks Does Not Respond to Porn Web Blocking Request
According to Enough Is Enough, an internet safety group, McDonald's has set up systems to keep Wi-Fi systems at its stores from accessing pornography but Starbucks has not.
Starbucks Licenses High-End Bakery Products
Despite the Starbucks attempt to burnish its image as something very different from a fast-food company, its products are often compared, even by consumer research firms, to those of McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts.
McDonald’s Blocks Porn Viewing at Its Restaurants
Presumably free public internet access is just that. Sign into Wi-Fi, surf as you would like. Just not at McDonald's.
Nearly 6 Million Americans Crash Into Other People’s Cars on Purpose
In a ground-breaking piece of research, the AAA found that road rage has reached epidemic proportions.
Zika Virus Sufferers Concentrated In New York, Florida
According to the CDC there were 1,133 confirmed Zika cases between the start of 2015 and early this month. Almost 40% of those cases were reported in Florida and New York. The breakout: US…
Twitter Short Interest at 62 Million Shares
The short interest in Twitter for the period that ended June 30 was nearly 62 million shares, essentially flat with the previous quarter.