A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World’s Most Legendary Watch (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) by Stacy Perman, tells the tale of two American men, the auto magnate James Ward Packard and the financier Henry Graves, …
Walmart doesn’t make anything. But the giant retailer could play a part in the manufacturing rebound that is taking place in the U.S. with its promise to buy $50 billion more U.S. made goods over the next decade for its Walmart …
And according to recent reports, Walmart has cut employee hours so deeply that it doesn’t have enough associates on hand to get stuff from back-of-the-store staging areas to the shelves.
The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner has suffered from a few headline-grabbing engine problems. Are the planes safe to ride on?
Look up flights to London Heathrow from New York City airports on Kayak or Travelocity for departure next week and there appear to be about 400 non-stops daily, with most round trips in the $1,300 to $1,700 range. The number of …
If only Colorado-grown marijuana is deemed legal, and the new statute limits residents to six plants for personal use, could there be a critical gap in the supply chain that the black market will rush to satisfy?
If there’s one thing that Americans for Prosperity won’t tolerate, it’s prosperity.
That was the message from the group’s leader following this morning’s economic news: a better-than-expected employment report, and the upward revision of figures for the prior two months. “Reckless spending, higher debt, and ever-higher …
American Airlines has ordered more than 500 new jets—Airbus A320s, Boeing 777s and Boeing 787s— and they probably can’t get here soon enough. Earlier this week the company, which is operating in Chapter 11, had to
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Wonder why your American flight’s been delayed or canceled? Could be because the airline is warring with the pilots union
Starbucks has bounced back from the recession in a big way. Now the company is trying to figure out how it can do well for its shareholders and do good in the community at the same time.
Interesting week in the airline business. On Thursday a cranky three-year-old got his entire family chucked off an Alaska Airlines flight for refusing to put away his iPad, buckle his seatbelt and behave. Who does that kid think …
Why is everyone getting so outraged about JPMorgan Chase losing two billion bucks? It’s a bank. Isn’t losing money what modern banking is all about—you take in deposits from normal folk and then invest those hard earned …
