Ford’s Quality Reputation Continues to Fall Apart
courtesy Ford Motor Co.Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has just recalled 161,000 2013 model year Escapes due to engine fire risks and 12,000 of the same model because of possible fuel leaks. Add these…
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Will Storms Across the Nation Hurt Retail Sales, With Sunny Skies on the Horizon?
Courtesy of the U.S. National Weather ServiceThere are at least three theories about how the huge and destructive storms that have washed across the United States and will hit the East Coast tomorrow will…
Hewlett-Packard Must Win Against IBM, Microsoft and Oracle
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardForget the future of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s (NYSE: HPQ) big personal computing (PC) and printing businesses as it reports earnings. Those divisions cannot grow over time, and there is nothing HP can do…
Alan Mulally Must Retire as Ford CEO Today
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.It is time for Alan Mulally to leave the CEO job at Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F). Not in a month, or a few months, but now. Several media figures have…
Chrysler Under Pressure As Business Falters, IPO Moved To 2014
Courtesy Chrysler Group LLCUpdate: Chrysler has apparently moved its IPO to 2014, its largest shareholder Fiat said: “The Board of Directors of Chrysler Group LLC…has determined that it will not be practicable for Chrysler Group…
When Will People Stop Using Mail As First Class Postage Price Rises
courtesy of USPSThe United States Postal Service made two announcement recently. First, it announced a $5 billion annual loss. It also said the price of a first class stamp would rise from $.46 to $.47.…
The Ten Nations With The Worst Air Quality
ThinkstockResearcher find two measurements which best gauge air quality. One comes from object data about the quality itself. The second comes from the perceptions of the people who live in the nations. Each rates stands distinguishable…
As Microsoft Xbox One Sells Out, Is It America’s New TV?
MicrosoftWhich company will rule the America TV experience? Will it be primarily hardware or software based? Will it be a cable company which relies on ancient set-tops and primitive pay per view? An online service like…
Amazon’s Online Audience Crushes Walmart’s
ThinkstockIf anyone wants to understand the advantage Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has over rivals who sell merchandise online, he only has to look at traffic data. Amazon has more than twice the number of visitors to…
Government Auto Bailout: What If Toyota Had Bought GM?
courtesy of General Motors Co.Depending on which expert does the math, the U.S. taxpayer will lose about $10 billion on the bailout of General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) once the Treasury’s sell-off of its stock…
Holiday Retail Sales Continue to Face “Showrooming” Helping Amazon
ThinkstockNothing has done more to create anxiety among retailers, with the exception of a bad economy, than “showrooming.” Consumers come to stores for holiday deals, find what they like and then buy it online…
Sprint Gets Lowest Marks in Consumer Reports Survey
courtesy of Sprint Corp.If Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) hopes to effectively compete with its largest rivals AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), and its new controlling shareholder — SoftBank —…
As Apple iPhone 5S Wait Time Drops to Three Days, a Demand Problem?
courtesy of Apple Inc.When Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) released the iPhone 5S, the time buyers had to wait to get new phones lasted as long as two weeks. The figure has dropped as low…
Toyota Challenges Tesla With Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Car
courtesy of Tesla MotorsTesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) has had to deal with more than engine fires. Other luxury manufacturers like Porsche have begun to attack the alternative energy car market on their own.…
Tribune Co. Layoffs Put Pressure on New York Times
ThinkstockTribune Co. announced 700 layoffs. The company owns a number of television stations, but most of the jobs lost come from the firm’s newspaper division. The jobs eliminated show how newspaper companies have started…
Life Expectancy in U.S. Rising Slower Than Elsewhere — OECD
ThinkstockAmericans do not age well, at least according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In its “Health at a Glance 2013,” OECD experts report: life expectancy in the United States stood at 78.7…
Will Apple Raise the Price for iPhone 6?
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsThe new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5S has barely been on the market for two months, and the speculation about the features and price of the iPhone 6 has already…
Holiday E-commerce Surge Shows Retailers Should Close More Stores
ThinkstockWhether it stems from forecasts of a huge increase in revenue at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) or research posted by the National Retail Federation, traditional shopping that takes people to malls and stores continues…
Five Successful Companies Where Earnings Failed to Help
Finviz.comGood earnings should translate into improved stock prices. For some reason, things did not work out that way for several large companies that posted strong results for the third quarter. Share prices for these…
Can CNBC Replace Maria Bartiromo? Network May Have to Press Online
thinkstockCan CNBC Replace Maria Bartiromo as she leaves for Fox? No. In the third quarter, nearly every show aired by the network hit a multiyear low in ratings. As a matter of fact, the…