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By Sean Brodrick On July 9, 201912:00 PM Eastern
Natalie Harp battled stage 2 bone cancer for most of her young life.
As if that weren’t bad enough, in 2015, a nurse accidentally connected Harp’s IV to a sample of sterile water. Left in...
By Jon D. Markman On March 1, 201902:00 PM Eastern
All four major stock market indexes closed February with gains of at least 3% for the month.
For the year so far, the Dow and S&P 500 are both up 11% — their best start since 1987, according to...
By Jon D. Markman On February 11, 201902:00 PM Eastern
To protect privacy, activists and politicians are clamoring to regulate big tech.
They don’t know it yet, but they are falling into a trap. That’s because big tech is embracing oversight.
In...
By Jon D. Markman On May 14, 201801:55 PM Eastern
NASA wants to take pictures of Mars. So, researchers are working on a tiny, custom-made helicopter.
The softball-size, two-rotor aircraft would be the first to fly the skies of another planet....
By Jon D. Markman On March 5, 201802:00 PM Eastern
A multiple-stage rocket blasts off from Russia and enters space. From there, it rains ballistic nuclear missiles on unsuspecting Floridians.
Welcome to the morbid fantasy of Vladimir Putin.
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By Gavin Magor On January 9, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Investing in bank stocks should be a straightforward decision. If you know the cost of money and you know how a given bank operates, the result is “automatic” profits (in theory). The first data...
By Jon D. Markman On November 6, 201702:00 PM Eastern
The numbers are out. Apple (AAPL) had another monster year.
Fourth-quarter sales rose 12% year-over-year, to $52.6 billion. Profits were $10.7 billion.
The Cupertino behemoth sold more of...
By Jon D. Markman On September 27, 201702:45 PM Eastern
Volvo is simplifying its powertrains. Now it wants to simplify the way it sells vehicles.
The iconic Swedish carmaker with the Chinese parent has a new plan to get millennials into its cars:...
By Mandeep Rai On April 26, 201707:50 AM Eastern
I want to start today’s column by showing you four charts – each of which illustrates the results from a different investment strategy. The red line in these charts shows the back-tested results...
By Jon D. Markman On February 2, 201607:30 AM Eastern
If the energy sector can get some relief, the overall market will as well. Ed Yardeni, of Yardeni Research, notes that S&P 500 earnings fell 14.1% in 3Q15 over 3Q14. But that becomes a 3.4% rise...