Brian HicksPosted January 9, 2014
The legalization of marijuana is starting to snowball. Now legislators are talking about abolishing mandatory sentences for drug offenders, which would have a significant impact on the revenues of...
Geoffrey PikePosted January 9, 2014
While politicians debate over unemployment benefits, we're wasting a significantly larger amount of money on unethical spying operations, costly wars, massive agricultural subsidies and fat bailouts...
Briton RylePosted January 9, 2014
Longtime book retail mega-chain Barnes and Noble has appointed a new CEO and released its holiday sales figures. With stocks trading 36 percent lower than they were just six months ago, it's time...
Brian HicksPosted January 9, 2014
Should unemployment benefits be extended? The answer to this question is more complex than you may think. Fiscal responsibility and personal responsibility are important factors to consider. And...
Briton RylePosted January 8, 2014
I've been saying it for over a year: The stock market is headed higher. And now, more people finally believe the U.S. economy is getting healthy and stocks deserve to rally...
Briton RylePosted January 8, 2014
With end-of-year information from the Institute for Supply Management at our disposal, we can determine which sectors will make strong short-term investments, and which will experience growth as the...
Brian HicksPosted January 8, 2014
With sensors galore and number crunching software at its disposal, the sports world is about to dive headlong into the big data age.
Geoffrey PikePosted January 8, 2014
Some may find it hard to believe, but New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is putting his support behind some major tax cuts that, for the most part, are actually business-friendly. Is New York ready for...
Brian HicksPosted January 8, 2014
India's amazing growth of the last decade has drawn down, and Honda has retooled its strategy to compensate for a suffering market. The 2014 Honda City is emblematic of the company's new response...
Brian HicksPosted January 7, 2014
After 20 years in the computer graphics biz, NVIDIA is splitting its time between mobile systems on a chip, discrete graphics processors for PC, and faking alien landings.
Brian HicksPosted January 7, 2014
Multinational conglomerate General Electric is spending over a billion dollars to acquire Thermo Fisher Scientific, a company that could become the biggest genetic testing company in the world.
Briton RylePosted January 7, 2014
Elected to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency under the controversial "Nuclear Option," North Carolina Congressman Watt has a few controversial tricks up his sleeve to help keep the U.S. home...