Most large companies have released their first quarter earnings and the critical economic figures for March and April are out. A growing number of economists say that the consumer will begin to...
Research-In-Motion (RIMM) shareholders have been concerned for some time that the Apple (AAPL) iPhone is such a good product that consumers would begin to switch to Jobs & Co. products. Those...
The FCC has argued to Congress and the public that the US is well behind most of the rest of the civilized world in terms of its distribution of broadband and the speed of online connections.The...
Greece wants a better deal on the rate it pays for its sovereign debt. “A discussion has begun on the cost of the loans and that is very important for us, so that we can have lower interest...
By John Tamny, RealClearMarkets Ned Ludd founded an eponymous movement in 19th century England meant to ban the mechanized looms that made the work of skilled textile artisans superfluous. According...
Add to the list of the hundreds of companies and scores of industries that want part of the Obama bailout money the nation’s largest retailers.The National Retail Federation has proposed that there...
Over the past several years, the two dominant internet companies have moved into one another's businesses. The activity seems to be more pitched recently.
Meatless meat was a rage for a while. Beyond Meat was built on a trend that is not gone but is mostly forgotten.
Plastics, plastics, everywhere — and a lot of the plastic products we use and discard end up as waste in our landfills and waterways. The American Chemistry Council recorded 35.7 million tons of...
In the balance of profit against market share, Tesla founder Elon Musk has decided that market share will win for now.
Apple wants all your money. That is, it wants every dime of your savings.
McDonald’s has a new plan for drive-thru customers to grab its food even faster.
Despite a decline in U.S. car sales in 2019 from a year earlier, car sales exceeded 17 million for the fifth year in a row. In early 2020, some analysts predicted that sales would fall below that...
Russia is vast, the largest country in the world by land mass. And, it is also one of the world’s largest nations by population, with almost 150 million people. It is also a nation which is...
Robinhood, a brokerage firm that allows people to trade without commissions, is another unicorn likely to take a large fall. Its management seems so lax that the company has run into serious trouble.