Smile, you're on consumer behavior camera. No surprise that you'll likely be videotaped while holiday shopping, but it's not all for security. Some of it is for market research. Retailers are tracking...
We call this Black Friday because the huge sales historically have helped push retailers into the black. And, while today is much publicized for shopping, the busiest shopping day of the year isn't ac...
The silver dollar, or the gold dollar, whatever they have called it..., ( the dollar coin) the coin dollar. .. talk about a comeback, it's not been, unlike the torpedo, (why?)the dollar ...Because dol...
Let's start out with the airlines, because airlines can be measured, Richard, in so many different ways, by revenue, by market cap , miles flown by paying customers, and one more, number of people flo...
Investors don't buy Russian shares looking for small gains, they do it to make a killing. With that potential comes high risk. That's why Russian companies like steel giant Severstal are flocking to t...
The CEOs of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler met with President Bush today, and brought to him concerns ranging from health care cost and the alternative fuel to unfair trade. Overall, the executives...
No. . . . . . She hasn't, has she? It's every passenger's nightmare. Good grief, what , what did they say? Trapped in a plane, and a fellow traveler’s on the phone, talking loudly. Well, look, send...
Dow Industrials posted a triple-digit gain today, snapping a 6-session losing streak. Ironically, they both got a lift from a deal for a chain of steakhouses. There were also big mergers in the pharma...
Hey, Chris, how are you? At Havana's International Trade Fair, the arrival of these men drew everyone's attention. Thank you for coming to Cuba. On the right, US cattle rancher, John Parke Wright, a F...
The housing market is softening up around the country and you would think that the high-end homes will take the biggest hit, but that's not the case. Sales of homes above a million-dollar-mark appear...