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By Sean Brodrick On January 30, 201811:00 AM Eastern
When we compliment someone with a lot of courage, we say he has “big brass ones” or “a lot of brass.”
But what is brass, anyway? There are no brass mines. So how do you get this metal?
The...
By Jon D. Markman On January 12, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Cryptocurrency prices kicked off 2018 with a fantastic run-up. But now, cryptocurrency infrastructure is under attack from the powers-that-be. As a result, digital coins everywhere are...
By Jon D. Markman On January 10, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Something big is happening. The very nature of commerce is changing. And it is happening fast.
This week, The Wall Street Journal ran a story about Samsung’s capital spending. In 2017, the...
By Jon D. Markman On November 10, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Skeptics say fully self-driving cars are decades away. They’re wrong.
This week The USA Today reported that Waymo, the Alphabet (GOOGL) subsidiary working on autonomous vehicles, showed off a...
By Jon D. Markman On November 8, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Imagine if fighter jets could shoot down enemy targets with high-powered lasers.
That is now closer to reality. Recently, the Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $26 million contract to...
By Jon D. Markman On October 30, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) makes earth-moving machines. And last Tuesday, its blowout third-quarter earnings report propelled the stock to a record high.
This helped the Dow Industrials make a...
By Jon D. Markman On October 18, 201702:00 PM Eastern
China’s rise as an economic power has been relentless. State leaders have pulled every lever to maintain at least high single-digit growth.
Now, the emerging superpower has secured a...
By Jon D. Markman On October 9, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Every year, some of the smartest people on Wall Street get together to hobnob, raise money for charity and talk about their very best ideas.
This year, Dallas hosted the Great Investors Best...
By Jon D. Markman On October 6, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Imagine riding a rocket from New York City to Shanghai in only 39 minutes!
If you believe Elon Musk, it’s possible … and not too far away.
Musk founded SpaceX, Tesla (TSLA) and a handful of...
By Jon D. Markman On October 4, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In James Bond films, the villains are often eccentric billionaires bent on world domination. They always have great gadgets, tropical islands and legions of hapless, expendable bad guys.
In the...