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The Most Valuable Brands in the World

Posted: June 11, 2019 at 10:42 am

The 2019 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking, which looks at the brands that contribute the most value to their respective parent companies, revealed a big jump in ...
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31 Worst Food Recalls of All Time

Posted: June 10, 2019 at 4:02 pm

Food recalls have become very common. So far in 2019 almost every other day a new item is listed on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recalls, market withdrawals, and ...
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How Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Complicate Top Financial ETFs

Posted: June 4, 2019 at 9:29 am

At the start of every earnings season, the investing community gets to see how the strength of the banking industry has been since the prior reports. This is where the ...
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Will Gap Close All Its Stores?

Posted: May 31, 2019 at 9:03 am

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) has disappointed investors again, and they have paid the price. Revenue for its most recent quarter was down 2% to $3.7 billion. That does not tell ...
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Car Import Tariffs Delayed to See If US Can Strike a Deal With EU, Japan

Posted: May 17, 2019 at 11:27 am

One day before a decision was due on whether to impose tariffs on automobile imports, the Trump administration on Friday said it would delay a decision for up to six ...
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This Is How Google Shapes People’s Attention to the News

Posted: May 13, 2019 at 1:43 pm

Nearly as many Americans (43%) get their news online as from television (50%), and nearly a quarter (24%) get their news through search engines. Google search dominates U.S. search queries ...
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11 Medical Conditions Aspirin Can Treat

Posted: May 3, 2019 at 6:13 pm

More than half of all Americans between the ages of 45 and 75 use aspirin, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The drug’s popularity is attributable ...
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18 Reasons to Drink Coffee for Your Health

Posted: April 30, 2019 at 12:58 pm

Often, the foods and beverages people love the most are unhealthy -- soda, for example, can be killing you in at least 10 different ways -- and should be consumed only ...
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This Is How Amazon Could Be Broken Into 3 Pieces

Posted: April 24, 2019 at 9:44 am

Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is one of the leaders in polls about who may get the Democratic party nomination for president, wants Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) broken into pieces. Amazon ...
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Where Your Car Is Most Likely to Be Stolen in Every State

Posted: April 17, 2019 at 1:42 pm

Motor vehicle theft in the United States in 2017 remained effectively unchanged from 2016, when the rate increased by nearly 7%. Last year, there were 773,139 motor vehicle thefts across ...
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How Many People Were Born the Year You Were Born

Posted: April 10, 2019 at 10:16 pm

The United States has the world’s third-largest population, behind China and India, with about 328.7 million people as of April 9, 2019. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in the ...
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These 6 States Pay the Highest Minimum Wage, and It’s More Than Double the National Rate

Posted: April 3, 2019 at 2:33 pm

More than half the states (29) and the District of Columbia have enacted minimum wage legislation setting workers' pay above the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. Washington, D.C., currently ...
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Most Religious County in Every State

Posted: March 25, 2019 at 4:49 pm

As guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, the United States government was founded on the principle of separation of church and state. The First Amendment also protects the ...
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How Long Do American Presidents Live?

Posted: March 25, 2019 at 3:54 pm

In late March, Jimmy Carter became the longest-living former president in U.S. history. Carter, 94, passed President George H.W. Bush, who, at the time of his death, was the longest ...
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25 Highest Paying Jobs

Posted: March 21, 2019 at 2:47 pm

Americans entering the workforce can have a number of different reasons for pursuing one career over another. Some look for an occupation that allows them to utilize their natural gifts, ...
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