by Admin | Jun 19, 2017 | Companies, News
On June 15, Amazon announced that it was buying upscale grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, or $42 per share. The news shook up the markets, with Whole Foods’ stock rising almost 27 percent in Friday-morning trading. Whole Foods’ grocery rivals’ stock took a...
by Admin | Jun 9, 2017 | News
One of the reasons President Trump chose to pull out of the Paris Agreement last week is because he wants to bring back a shrinking coal industry in the United States. But is the coal mining business drying up because of over-regulation, or because of cheaper, cleaner...
by Admin | May 31, 2017 | Companies, News
Manufacturing jobs continue to leave the country, resulting in many workers without jobs and without hope. During his campaign, President Trump promised to keep manufacturing jobs in the U.S. His first attempt to demonstrate this pledge was to get Carrier to keep...
by Admin | May 12, 2017 | News
On May 10, Barclays Capital settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission on charges that it had overcharged clients by nearly $50 million and overcharged clients because of accounting errors. Although Barclays agreed to the settlement, it did not admit or deny...
by Admin | May 3, 2017 | News, Technology
A hacker who goes by the name The Dark Overlord says that they made good on a threat made to Netflix and released 10 episodes from the upcoming fifth season of Orange Is the New Black, the streaming service’s most popular original series. The hacker made this...
