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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 April 7, 201702:00 PM Eastern
You may have heard the axiom “software is eating the world.” It’s the idea that digital efforts (i.e. streaming movies) are replacing physical things (i.e. movies in the theater).
Google is...
By Jon D. Markman On February 2, 201704:00 PM Eastern
In the on-demand world of cloud data centers, speed is everything. Speed endows scale. Speed separates winners from losers.
Among those winners are a whole new crop of semiconductor makers that...
By Jon D. Markman On January 10, 201707:30 AM Eastern
Robots are perfect villains. Mechanical, metallic and merciless. Now they’re getting a software upgrade. And they’re coming for your job.
Much like the Gilded Age – when industrialization in the...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 12, 201603:03 PM Eastern
It was the best of times for some stocks earlier this year. But it’s the worst of times for them now – and that has implications for investors like you.
The year started off with markets mired...
By Jon D. Markman On November 29, 201607:30 AM Eastern
The $300 billion Chinese trucking market is filled with long hauls and chaos. The government and technology firms are betting that self-driving 18-wheelers are the solution.
Earlier this month...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On November 14, 201602:19 PM Eastern
Weiss Safety Ratings (comprised of bank, credit union and insurance company ratings) represent our opinion of the financial well-being of an institution. The higher the rating, the more likely the...
By Jon D. Markman On October 25, 201607:30 AM Eastern
With the U.S. presidential election entering the home stretch, hyperbole about the decrepit state of American manufacturing has reached a fever pitch.
With deserted, dilapidated factories as...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On October 24, 201602:14 PM Eastern
Weiss Safety Ratings (banks, credit unions and insurance companies) represent our opinion of the financial well-being of an institution. The higher the rating, the more likely the business will...
By Jon D. Markman On October 11, 201607:30 AM Eastern
Two of the most important developments of our time will come from advancements in artificial intelligence and autonomous cars. We may look back at the mid-2010s much like we look back on the...