Lastest Stories by Douglas A. McIntyre

The Warner Bros. Discovery board of directors should find someone new to fix the company.
Big American companies have been broken up in the past. Amazon may be next.
JCPenney is in a bad enough state that a tough retail environment could cripple the tiny company again.
Disney faces a whirlwind of challenges, including a fight with a major cable TV provider.
Car prices will almost certainly rise again if autoworkers go on strike.
A recent analysis reveals that the United States has one of the shortest life expectancies at birth.
The Apple iPhone is so ubiquitous in America that most people would think it is the No.1 smartphone everywhere else. However, this is not true. South Korea’s Samsung holds that spot. That is likely...
In a recent article at Bloomberg, primarily covering the EV efforts of BMW and Mercedes, the efforts of VW popped up. It is the No.1 car company in the world from time to time, a spot it trades with...
JPMorgan Chase is America’s largest bank. Its consumer banking unit is one of the most significant revenue and profit drivers of the bank’s success. Today, Chase has 4,700 branches. AI and...
Bank of America is the US’s second-largest bank. Its consumer banking unit is one of the most significant revenue and profit drivers of the bank’s success. Today, B of A has 6,219. AI and robotic...
General is the top rank in the Army, Marines, and Air Force nowadays. The highest rank currently attainable in the military is four-star general, though there were five-star generals in WWII like...
Disney needs its cable TV relationships to work. Its overall financial situation has been undermined by slow traffic at its theme parks and the struggles of its streaming businesses, with Disney+ at...
Labor leader Walter Reuther has been dead since 1970, but his ghost has come back to haunt GM, Ford, and Stellantis. The UAW could strike the auto companies as early as mid-month. Eventually, this...
The United States has historically held the title of the world’s most dominant navy since the end of World War II. But according to at least one measure, this supremacy is no longer absolute. China...
The Biden administration is investing $1.2 billions to develop giant machines to suck the carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere. It remains to be seen if these machines, which are based on a...