Tesla Market Cap Hits Half of GM’s
Tesla's current market value is $33 billion, while General Motors' market cap is $58 billion. Something is wrong with the picture.
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Wal-Mart Continues to Stumble Under CEO Doug McMillon
Wal-Mart Stores is worse off now than it was a year ago, and it has continued its struggles under Doug McMillon, who became CEO in February 2014.
Can Apple Sell 50 Million iPhones?
Apple Inc.Demand for the new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 6 may be great enough so that in the current quarter, the huge tech company could sell over 50 million units. That is above the…
Fiat May Sales Drop To 3,857, And Brand Finishes Last In Quality Survey
courtesy of Fiat SpAFiat Chrysler (NYSE: FCAU) got two pieces of bad news in the U.S. recently. The Fiat nameplate finished dead last in a carefully watched J.D. Power study. Additionally, Fiat sales fell…
Unemployment Drops Below 3% In Nebraska
The U.S. economy has added enough workers since unemployment hit 10% at the depths of the recession that the national jobless rate has moved down to 5.5%. The recovery has been fairly even, recently, with…
Amazon Online Audience Doubles Wal-Mart’s
The most damning criticism of Amazon is that it does not make money. It has, however, maintained a huge lead over its online competition.
Unemployment Rate at 7% in Nevada and West Virginia
While the U.S. unemployment rate hovers around 5.5% nationally, the jobless rate is 7% or more in Nevada and West Virginia.
Why Nike Can Sell a $225 Running Shoe
Nike can offer a $225 running shoe, the Nike Flyknit Air Max, in a world where there are plenty of shoes available for $100 or less.
New Tech Gets Into Media Business, Crushing Old Media
New tech companies have moved into old media territory, and news suddenly has become important again.
Chevy Sells Silverado Pickup With Huge Discounts
Full-sized pickups are the backbone of the American car industry, but that backbone is being tested.
Tattered Cadillac Battered in New Quality Survey
Among the major luxury car brands, Cadillac received the worst score in the new J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality Study.
All California Needs Is a Few Hurricanes and 2 Feet of Rain
All it would take to solve California's drought problems is rainfall at levels similar to those that hit recently in Texas and Oklahoma.
Does Nike Get Its Money’s Worth From Tiger Woods?
Presumably endorsers have among their most important expectations that a champion will remain a champion.
Will Twitter Expand Tweets to 500 Characters?
A tweet can have only 140 characters. It is a fair question to ask whether this limitation has undermined the growth of Twitter.
Why Amazon’s Cloud Business Promotes The Weather Channel
Amazon.com could pick from scores of other customers, but The Weather Channel is among the leaders of its Amazon Web Services promotions.
Should Gap Close All Its Stores?
It is a tried and true formula. A retailer posts poor results, so it closes stores because it hopes to maintain sales per location.
What Will Derek Jeter Do With $9.5 Million?
Derek Jeter's phenomenal career as a baseball player for the New York Yankees has helped bolster The Players' Tribune brand.
Time for Adidas to Abandon America
If Adidas is not willing to buy a lot more athletes, it may as well pack it bags and go home.
‘Jurassic World’ Could Top ‘Avatar’ as Biggest Film Ever
"Jurassic World" posted a domestic box office number for the weekend that is second only to the opening weekend of "The Avengers."
Is PepsiCo Really 50 Years Old? Maybe, or Maybe Not
PepsiCo has taken the 50th year of its founding to run a series of advertisements to celebrate the occasion. The trouble is that the claim is not entirely accurate