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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 23, 201702:00 PM Eastern
The Dow Jones Industrial Average crashed 508 points on Oct. 19, 1987 — 30 years ago last Thursday. It was a 22% catastrophe immediately known as Black Monday.
This first crash of the modern...
By Mandeep Rai On October 11, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Good news. Bad news. It seems like the market has been ignoring both, and steadily grinding higher regardless. Given how complacent and how high the markets are, it’s only natural to wonder when...
By Mike Larson On September 29, 201707:00 AM Eastern
A month ago, I told you that you can find huge winners when you look where few others are – and hinted that I’d have more on that front soon. I said:
“There are literally hundreds and hundreds...
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 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 Mike Larson On August 18, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Have you ever heard of Marty Zweig? If not, he’s a famous money manager and author of the classic investing book Winning on Wall Street. Zweig passed away a few years ago, but one of his trademark...
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 Mandeep Rai On August 9, 201707:00 AM Eastern
This market has a lot going for it: Earnings growth so far has been strong, global growth is re-emerging, and fiscal policy could (eventually) help. Let’s also not forget, there aren’t many other...
By Jon D. Markman On July 14, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Imagine traveling from San Francisco to Los Angeles in about the same time it takes to get a Domino’s pizza delivered.
Far-fetched?
It’s definitely possible, and it got one step closer...