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By Jon D. Markman On May 10, 202103:00 PM Eastern
Connectivity is a big new business, and the surprise winner is Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), a company best known for selling books and a broad array of consumer goods.
Managers at Sidewalk...
By Jon D. Markman On November 9, 201801:55 PM Eastern
The branding is perfect: No lines, no checkouts, no registers. Retail is going people-less. Technology can replace cashiers, and companies are racing to get there first.
The trend began with...
By Jon D. Markman On December 2, 201904:00 PM Eastern
It’s officially here. Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. By all accounts, companies that have embraced digital are winning, again.
Consumers spent $7.4 billion...
By Jon D. Markman On May 1, 201904:45 PM Eastern
Alphabet (GOOGL) shareholders had a really bad day Tuesday.
Stock traders and analysts blame a shortfall in Alphabet’s first-quarter advertising revenues. But all this selling is...
By Jon D. Markman On November 17, 201702:00 PM Eastern
The opioid epidemic ravages small and large towns across America.
And it has largely been intractable both to law enforcement and to the medical community. Until now.
This week, the...
By Jon D. Markman On April 26, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Most people are self-driving car skeptics. They just can’t imagine the cumbersome robot cars we see in the media today will ever become good or cheap enough for widespread use.
A big hurdle is...
By Jon D. Markman On September 6, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos has a history of getting big trends right and executing well. His investment in Internet streaming and transport logistics are big ideas. Now he’s ready to...
By Jon D. Markman On March 16, 201802:55 PM Eastern
It’s not easy for cryptocurrency speculators right now. Right now, it seems like everyone in a position of power is turning against them.
This week, officials at the International Monetary Fund...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On August 29, 201611:48 AM Eastern
Janet Yellen’s speech last Friday, highlighted a positive outlook for a near future interest rate hike. She noted that solid performance of the labor market, coupled with positive outlook for...
By Sean Brodrick On August 15, 202005:00 AM Eastern
What a wild couple of weeks it’s been for gold.
First, the yellow metal pushed over its previous all-time high of $1,923, and, on Aug. 7, it clocked an intraday high of $2,089 per ounce. Then...