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By Gavin Magor On September 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Devastating, and expensive, the damage in Texas from Hurricane Harvey will fall mainly on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as I said last week. Catastrophe funding will also kick in for...
By Jon D. Markman On August 16, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Airlines have been the butt of customer service jokes for years. Deservedly so. Now they’re fighting back, with software.
This week, JetBlue announced a large investment in Gladly, a Silicon...
By Mike Larson On August 7, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Want to make money in today’s market? Then I have a very simple, secret piece of advice for you …
Forget politics!
Nine-tenths of what you’re hearing or seeing out of Washington these days is...
By Jon D. Markman On July 28, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Quantum physics and tiny satellites hundreds of miles above Earth will form the basis of the next leap in global communications.
“Quantum communications.” That’s what scientists call this...
By Jon D. Markman On May 12, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Crazy-fast, next-generation wireless networks are coming, and they will change everything.
Sure, we have heard this before. Experts promised big things from 2G, 3G and 4G LTE. But 5G, which is...
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 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 February 9, 201704:00 PM Eastern
The auto industry is doing well. Profits are up, sales are surging. And yet everyone is on edge. Disruption is coming. Autonomous vehicles are coming.
This week, Fortune reported Cruise...
By Jon D. Markman On February 7, 201707:30 AM Eastern
The time to invest in small, disruptive high-tech companies has never been better.
The values of these companies have been going through the roof as larger, stodgier firms realize it’s easier by...
By Mike Larson On February 6, 201707:00 AM Eastern
The first month of 2017 is officially in the books! If one thing stands out, it’s that this January looked a heck of a lot different from last January. Stocks fell out of bed in the first month...