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By Gavin Magor On October 5, 201707:00 AM Eastern
When it comes to health care for the over-65 set, Medicare dominates. But the giant government program doesn’t cover everything. That’s why many seniors turn to Medicare Advantage or Medicare...
By Jon D. Markman On September 22, 201702:00 PM Eastern
City dwellers are ditching four wheels for two. Bicycle lanes and sharing depots are popping up in cities and metro areas all across the world. Many more are coming.
The bike-share business...
By Jon D. Markman On September 13, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Last week, Warren Buffett collected on a $1 million bet with Ted Seides, a hedge fund manager at Protégé Partners.
In 2007, the famed investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway wagered that an...
By Jon D. Markman On August 23, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Electric propulsion goes mainstream. Quietly, big parts of the industrial complex are plugging in.
You could easily mistake the Sun Flyer for many other small planes, like a Cessna or a Piper.
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By Jon D. Markman On July 31, 201702:00 PM Eastern
John Fischer holds the Guinness record for the world’s largest ball of stickers.
It’s not surprising.
He is also the founder and CEO of StickerGiant.com, a Colorado business that Forbes dubbed...
By Jon D. Markman On July 10, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Passively managed exchange-traded funds are clobbering the performance of actively managed mutual funds this year. And brainy portfolio managers are starting to freak out.
A recent piece in The...
By Mike Larson On July 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Americans marked the Fourth of July holiday by eating hot dogs and hamburgers, setting off fireworks and lighting sparklers, enjoying countless parades from coast to coast, and otherwise...
By Jon D. Markman On June 30, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Major automakers are discovering the benefits of electric cars. And it is a really big deal.
This week, Porsche announced that its “Mission E” electric concept led to a corporate epiphany....
By Jon D. Markman On June 16, 201702:00 PM Eastern
A quiet war is underway. And the future of the internet as we know it is at stake.
Most internet content is financed by interruptive advertising. And people hate it.
Apple (AAPL) and Google...
By Jon D. Markman On June 14, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In the near future, scientists will engineer food that grows faster and does not spoil.
This is the promise of CRISPR/Cas 9, a game-changing gene-editing tool.
Bioengineered food could end...