Unemployment Continues to Cripple Four States
ThinkstockUnemployment in the United States dropped to 6.7% in February, well below the 10% level it reached at the worst of the Great Recession. While the figure is not as low as economist would…
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Best Buy Back in Deep Trouble
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) started a turnaround under CEO Hubert Joly who joined the huge consumer electronics company in August 2012. The company had been damaged by the success…
Ford CEO Makes $23 Million
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) CEO Alan Mulally will be remembered for two things. The first is that he turned around the No. 2 U.S. car maker and kept it out…
Walmart’s Biggest Problem
Local merchants and politicians have effectively blocked Walmart's expansion in many of America's largest cities, and that almost certainly not will change. Walmart has become hemmed in.
Google Becomes the Perfect Stock
Despite its complex stock split, Google is one of few of stocks likely to continue to ride a rally, or survive a sharp market drop with most of its market value intact.
America’s 10 Most Popular Cars
One measure of vehicle popularity is which vehicles people search for online. Edmunds, the car research site, keeps records of search volume by vehicle. Here is a look at the Edmunds top 10.
Ukraine’s Economy by the Numbers
By International Monetary Fund , via Wikimedia CommonsThe International Monetary Fund will lend the financially crippled Ukraine government a loan between $14 billion and $18 billion. The package at least partially replaces a loan…
The Six Largest Websites in America
Despite the rise of online properties such as Twitter, Pinterest and BuzzFeed, the sites that dominate the list of those most visited by Americans are the portals and search site Google.
Ten Stocks With the Largest Short Positions
Short sellers continue to hold huge positions in troubled companies, including J.C. Penney, while adding to their positions in some of the largest tech firms, such as Intel.
Five States Where Renters Can’t Afford to Live
ThinkstockWith the collapse of the housing market, the argument about renting versus buying a home was reset. Home prices suddenly plunged. For people who kept their jobs through the Great Recession, houses in some…
Eight Markets With the Highest Distressed Home Sales
ThinkstockThe real estate recovery has been extremely uneven. In some markets, prices have risen by well into the double digits. However, many of these markets are in areas such as Nevada, California and Florida,…
Gas Prices Shoot Higher With No End in Sight
ThinkstockGasoline prices may not have reached the $4 a gallon level, which is often considered the point at which anxiety about the price creates large cracks in consumer spending. However, the price is roaring…
The 10 Best Part-Time Jobs
ThinkstockThe government calls them “people who are employed part time for economic reasons.” In other words, these people want full-time jobs, but cannot get them. More than seven million Americans fell into the category…
Ray-Ban Maker Cuts Deal for Google Glass
Google Glass has a tech-heavy appearance, almost futuristic. So the search company has set a deal with Luxottica Group that will make the product more appealing, at least to wearers of traditional sunglasses.
Jaguar, Land Rover, Cadillac Among Least Fuel-Efficient Cars
courtesy of Chrysler GroupWith gas prices rising to their highest levels in months, American buyers of cars, SUVs and pickups may become more fuel-efficiency-conscious as they shop for new cars. Some of the makers…
The Five Cities Most Confident About U.S. Economy
ThinkstockAmerican’s views of the U.S. economy cannot be measured as uniform. Income and job prospects vary from region to region and from income group to income group. Younger people continue to have more trouble…
Texas and Nevada Join Drought-Plagued California
ThinkstockDrought is so severe in some parts of California that scientists have observed that conditions may not significantly improve for decades. The problem’s worst effects reach across the state’s inland valleys, which are agriculture…
Xbox Price Slashed as PS4 Battle Grows
Microsoft CorporationThe battle between Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) to sell their new generation of game consoles has gotten heated. Several large retailers dropped the price that they charge for…
Google Has Two-Thirds of Search Market
Wikimedia CommonsGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) continues to keep its dominant share of the U.S. search market taking 67.5% last month. Try as they might, its competitors have not been able to make inroads into…
Ten States Where People Can’t Afford Food
ThinkstockThere are several states in which more than 20% of the population cannot always afford to feed themselves. Most of these also have among the highest poverty rates. A large number of the states…