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By Remi Lukosiunas On May 9, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Here at Weiss Ratings, our data gives you a wealth of information about the state of the banking industry. One trend jumps right out at you today: Banks are piling up gigantic cash reserves, and...
By Mike Larson On May 8, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Healthcare reform has paralyzed Washington for a couple of months now. But last Thursday, House Republicans cobbled together enough support to pass their American Health Care Act by a vote of...
By Jon D. Markman On May 5, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Providing healthcare is a giant pain. Escalating costs and an aging population are causing a political divide. They are also pushing government budgets to the breaking point.
A pair of startups...
By Mike Larson On May 5, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Stop me if you’ve seen this movie before: Central bankers flood the economy with cheap, easy money. Things go well for a while in the sector that benefits from it. But eventually lenders go WAY...
By Gavin Magor On May 4, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Recent reports show that U.S. insurers had a tough start to the year, racking up an estimated record of $7 billion in insured damages in the first three months of 2017. Most of those losses were...
By Jon D. Markman On May 3, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In 1997, a tiny company in Scotts Valley, Calif., came up with a radical business model. The big idea was to use data to change the way average people consume media.
That company was Netflix...
By Mandeep Rai On May 3, 201707:00 AM Eastern
You may not need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing. But when it comes to determining stock market direction, our proprietary Weiss Ratings Market Barometer can definitely help!
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By Jon D. Markman On April 28, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Amazon wants you to take wardrobe advice from a connected gadget.
It brought personal digital assistants into our kitchens with Echo, a connected speaker. Now it can see, so Amazon wants to come...
By Mike Larson On April 28, 201707:00 AM Eastern
When I was a kid, my mom doled out a lot of oatmeal for breakfast. She tried to spice it up with brown sugar or raisins sometime, and of course, it met my nutritional needs. But let’s be honest:...
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...