Lastest Stories by Douglas A. McIntyre

There is no gun culture like America’s gun culture anywhere in the world, where there are more civilian-owned guns than the entire U.S. population. Though most owners use guns responsibly, many...
A recent analysis reveals the city where home sales declined the most in the past year.
A recent analysis reveals that this major retailer has received the lowest customer satisfaction score.
Somewhere between 40% and 50% of first marriages in America end in divorce. Odds get worse for later unions, with an estimated 60% of second marriages and 73% of third ones ending up in divorce...
Among the retailers who plan to close stores this year are the most battered chains in America. These include Bed Bath & Beyond, Gap and Party City. Even healthy retailers like Walmart will...
Major retailers Walmart and Home Depot offered up so-so quarterly results and disappointing forecasts, a bad sign for the industry and the economy.
Tesla shares have been buoyed by a forecast that the electric vehicle maker might sell 2 million cars this year.
Carvana was supposed to be bankrupt by now. Instead, its shares have made a modest comeback.
Bed Bath & Beyond was supposed to go bankrupt. . Instead, it got a $1 billion aid package anchored by preferred stock. It then told long-suffering suppliers it could pay them. That act may come...
Social Security is supposed to run out of money in 2033 or thereabouts. Running out of money is a bit of an exaggeration. People will start to get smaller benefits, and they could get smaller and...
There are two ways of tracking the financial success of a movie. The first is to compare what a movie cost to make with its ticket sales based on the value of the dollar the year it was released. The...
Amazon became one of the huge “work from home” American companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The e-commerce and cloud giant wants those workers to return to their home base. Management insists...
For two years, America was a home seller’s market that ended late in 2022. Owners were able to get several bids on their homes. They could even get buyers to waive inspections. This halted as home...
About 300,000 bottles of Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino were recalled recently. The reason was that the containers might have small glass pieces. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the...
Tesla recalled 362,00 cars that have the company’s self-driving system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted a warning that the system could cause the self-driving program to...