Solving the Flaring Problem in North Dakota
Filed under: Investing North Dakota has a flaring problem, and it's hurting the U.S. economy and the environment. A negative impact of soaring hydrocarbon production is the rapid increase in natural...
View ArticleSocial Security: Does Medicare Force You to Take Benefits?
Filed under: Investing Most people who enroll in Medicare have their required premiums withheld from their Social Security benefits. But if you don't get Social Security, will Medicare force you to do...
View ArticleCharity Donations Are Great, but Doing This Is Better
Filed under: Investing Many people who give charitable donations to nonprofits are uncertain that their giving is effective -- that it makes a difference, that the nonprofits are high-performing, and...
View ArticleSurprise! Americans Don't Hate Bank of America
Filed under: Investing Do you hate Bank of America ? How its actual customers feel about it will stun you. Since the financial crisis, Bank of America has been the object -- and at times rightly so --...
View Article3 Sources Predicting Apple's iWatch Will Outsell the iPad
Filed under: Investing With Apple stock approaching a split-adjusted $100 per share, Cook & Co. may have finally convinced the Street that the stock is worthy of rebounding to the all-time high it...
View ArticleThe Boeing Company Just Got a Huge Win Over Airbus
Filed under: Investing In the ongoing competition between Boeing and Airbus Group , Middle Eastern carriers like Emirates, Qatar Airways, and Etihad are becoming prized customers. Due to their rapid...
View ArticleWho Won E3? Breaking Down the Business News From Video Gaming's Big Event
Filed under: Investing This week, we answer the big questions from the annual E3 gaming and entertainment expo in Los Angeles. Will Sony's new $99 PlayStation TV be a catalyst for the stock? Will the...
View ArticleGoogle Is Readying to Take on the Carbon Challenge Utilities Fear
Filed under: Investing The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just proposed new rules for the utility industry. Despite players like Xcel Energy working hard to improve their carbon footprint,...
View ArticleWhy Family Dollar Soared Last Week and Delta Air Lines Plummeted
Filed under: Investing The gap between the S&P 500's best and worst performing stocks in any given week is typically large, and the past five days haven't been an exception, as Family Dollar Stores...
View ArticleGood News for Juniper Networks in the First Quarter
Filed under: Investing The first quarter brought good news for Juniper Networks , including strong performance in two of its three main segments and a favorable announcement from customer AT&T ....
View ArticleWhy Is the U.S. Government Working Frantically to Get Rid of GPS?
Filed under: Investing America's Navstar GPS satellites. Soon to be superfluous? Photo: US Air Force. Technically speaking, the Pentagon's top-secret weapons lab, "DARPA," stands for the Defense...
View ArticleHow Does General Electric Make Money?
Filed under: Investing General Electric hasn't been a simple business since Thomas Edison founded the conglomerate's first ancestor. A hundred years ago, Edison Electric had already adopted its new...
View ArticleMeet the Carrier That Made Spirit Airlines Possible
Filed under: Investing Spirit Airlines stock has soared more than 90% over the past year. Source: Benjamin Beyers for The Motley Fool. In the 1980s, a budget carrier known as PEOPLExpress changed the...
View ArticleWill China's Green Efforts Open the Door for Molycorp?
Filed under: Investing China has a virtual monopoly on rare earth metals. These 17 chemical elements are key components in today's technology, including everything from LCD screens to batteries....
View ArticleWill These 3 Products Revolutionize Diabetes Treatment?
Filed under: Investing Health-care payers already spend more per member on diabetes medicine than for any other disease, and that spending is likely to grow substantially as the number of people...
View ArticleDoes This New Website's Secret Weapon Finally Make Buying a Car Easy?
Filed under: Investing Shopping for used cars can be a serious drag and there only seems to be a few options when doing so. First you can visit a handful of dealerships and scope out some potential new...
View Article100 Ways SolarCity Is Burning Chinese Solar Stocks
Filed under: Investing Source: SolarCity SolarCity , the leader in residential solar installations, is off to a bright start in 2014. Expanding into Nevada, the 15th state in which it operates, the...
View Article"Game of Thrones" Passes "Sopranos" As HBO's Most Popular Show Ever
Filed under: Investing Time Warner's HBO confirmed that total viewership for this season of Game of Thrones (18.4 million per episode) passed the 2002 season of The Sopranos (18.2 million), making it...
View ArticlePNC Financial: A Strong, Under-the-Radar Bank Headed In the Right Direction
Filed under: Investing PNC Financial's focus on its deposit, lending and asset management business has yielded great results for shareholder over the last two years. In 2011, PNC Financial's tangible...
View ArticleWhy Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. Shares Swooned
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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