Lastest Stories by Douglas A. McIntyre

Some cities and states have declined to the extent that they have become poor places for people to live. These areas usually have a shrinking population, high poverty rates, faltering services, poor...
Rivian is one of the handful of U.S. companies that tried to enter the EV market but failed. The electric truck company bragged it has a backlog of 100,000. However, the people who made the orders...
The Wall Street Journal has a large Disney and Netflix stock price chart. It is used to illustrate the market’s reaction to the departure of Disney’s CFO, Christine McCarthy. It is an indictment...
The  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that there are about 2 million car accidents in the United States each year. Car accidents kill over 40,000 people per annum. Some cars...
In the future, people will go to McDonald’s and not see a company-employed worker.
Bed Bath & Beyond is supposed to be dead. Suddenly, the retailer may be resurrected.
Psoriasis is one of the most common skin diseases, afflicting about 2% to 3% of the population. Here is what it is and how to recognize it.
The housing market has been on a rollercoaster ride for over three years. Home prices spiked just after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. People could work from home. Many also wanted to leave...
When Kantar recently released its BrandZ 2023 Most Valuable Global Brands list, one brand that took an outright beating was Disney. The brand’s value dropped 22% to $47 billion. Although the...
Kantar has released its 2023 Most Valuable Global Brands list. But how useful is that list?
Entering the EV market more aggressively should allow Toyota to remain the world’s leading car company.
Motor vehicle insurance is among the hidden costs for American consumers and can have a meaningful impact on many household budgets.
San Francisco's problems will not get better within the foreseeable future. It will become a ghost of what it was just a few years ago.
The period when a bank needs many retail locations is disappearing.
Overbuilding resulted in the collapse of WeWork financially and the start of a series of layoffs.