50 Best Doorbuster Deals for Christmas
This has been a good holiday season so far for retailers, with consumer confidence buoyed by a strong labor market, income gains, and the stock market climbing to record highs. It is traditionally a…
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Beers Americans No Longer Drink
Americans bought 210.5 million barrels of beer in 2016, up about 2% from a half decade ago. Surely, beer is big business in the United States. The beer industry generated over $350 billion in…
25 Best Christmas Doorbuster Deals at Target
Target likely feels like it has a target on its back when it faces daunting competitors such as Amazon and Walmart. The retailer last month announced a disappointing outlook for the fourth quarter, which…
25 Best Christmas Doorbuster Deals at Best Buy
Best Buy’s “20 Days of Doorbusters” officially ended on December 20, but the 2017 holiday shopping period is not over yet at the consumer electronics retailer. Electronics are often the most popular gifts during…
25 Best Christmas Doorbuster Deals at Walmart
Walmart wants to keep its title as the world’s largest retailer, and that means fending off competition from online giant Amazon as well as other stores. The retailer recently announced it had tripled its…
Best and Worst Musicals of All Time
With the advent of sound technology in cinema, Hollywood began to not only include music in motion pictures, but also to make films in which the music helps tell the story. In many cases,…
Bing Predicts: NFL Week 16
If tight end Jesse James had just completed the catch — if he had held on just a little longer, the Pittsburgh Steelers would have edged the New England Patriots on Sunday. Bing had…
50 Worst Action Movies of All Time
Action movies historically have not relied on strong acting, subtle plot development, period costumes, or memorable songs to keep their audiences engaged. Action films usually lean on a riveting plot, a charismatic hero, a…
50 Best Action Movies of All Time
The highly anticipated release of “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” on December 20 marks yet another action movie projected to do well with audiences nationwide and abroad. It’s the high energy of action films…
50 Longest Living Animals in the World
Human beings seem to be at the top of the food chain in the animal kingdom, but some creatures outlast humans in terms of longevity. Animals living on the land, in the air, and…
States With the Most Smokers
It was in 1964 that the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health linked for the first time smoking and adverse health outcomes. The pivotal report aimed to shift public opinion on smoking by…
Best Buy’s 20 Best Tech Deals
Electronics are frequently the most sought-out items for the holiday season, and Best Buy, the leading consumer electronics retailer in the United States in 2016, stands to gain or lose from the popularity of…
Target’s 20 Best Tech Deals
For Target, like for most big-box retailers, the holidays are the most important time of the year. The company added 100,000 employees across its American locations this year to meet demand. However, the company…
Most Expensive States to Get Divorced
While the share of marriages that end in divorce has steadily declined over the last 50 years, between 40% and 50% of U.S. marriages end in dissolution, according to the American Psychological Association. In…
States With the Fastest and Slowest Growing Economies
The United States economy has been in a period of encouraging, consistent growth for several years now. U.S. GDP has now increased uninterrupted for 14 straight quarters. The stock market continues to hit new…