32 Most Dangerous (and Safest) Cities for Cycling

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 4:37 pm

The United States is not known for its bike-friendly infrastructure. Next to cities like Copenhagen, Denmark and Amsterdam, Netherlands, where bikes often outnumber cars and where biking is common across ...
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Friday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 4:08 pm

December 1, 2017: The S&P 500 closed down 0.2% at 2,642.15. The DJIA closed down 0.17% at 24,230.70. Separately, the Nasdaq was down 0.4% at 6,847.59. Friday was a down ...
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ConforMIS, Eldorado Gold Slip into Friday’s 52-Week Low Club

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 4:04 pm

December 1, 2017: Here are four stocks trading with heavy volume among 58 equities making new 52-week lows in Friday's session. On the NYSE decliners led advancers by fewer than ...
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General Electric, Visa Lead DJIA Decline Friday

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 4:01 pm

December 1, 2017: Markets opened mixed Friday but the DJIA soon joined the other major indexes and all three spent the day in there. The announcement that former national security ...
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25 Oldest Things in the World

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 3:11 pm

From family heirlooms to antiques shops to museums, many Americans share an obsession the extremely old. This includes both man-made artifacts, such as a 130,000-year old piece of jewelry, and ...
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US Oil Rig Count Rises, Crude on Track to Fall Slightly for the Week

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 1:45 pm

In the week ended December 1, 2017, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 749, up by two from the prior week and up by ...
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Ford Adds to Pickup Market Share, Sales Lead in November

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 12:40 pm

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) sold 72,769 F-Series pickups in November, topping sales of General Motors Co.'s (NYSE: GM) Chevy Silverado by 26,328 units. Adding in sales of the GMC ...
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Can Amazon Keep Up the Pace This Holiday Season?

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 12:35 pm

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has made an incredible run over the course of 2017, but is its momentum slowing as we get deeper in this holiday season? Over the course ...
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NADA Forecasts 2018 Auto Sales at 16.7 Million, Down About 2%

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 12:15 pm

With a month still left to go in 2017, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) released its forecast for 2018 sales of new cars and light trucks (pickups, sport utility ...
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GM Reports 3% Dip in November Sales, Inventory Overhang Rises to 83 Days

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 11:30 am

General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) on Friday posted total November U.S. sales of 245,387 vehicles, a decrease of 2.9% compared with November 2016. Retail deliveries dropped 0.1% in the month ...
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Macy’s Adds Tiny Number of Additional Workers for Holidays

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 11:25 am

The strength of retail sales in the fourth quarter of each year is a benchmark for how well the U.S. consumer economy is doing. This is especially important with the ...
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Fiat Sales Plunge 28% in November

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 11:15 am

Opening the door once again to asking why Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (NYSE: FCAU) continues to sell the Fiat brand in the United States, its November sales fell 28% to ...
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ISM and PMI Readings Look Strong for November, but Under Expectations

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 10:45 am

It was just on Thursday that the markets hit all-time highs, based on continued growth and on hopes for tax reform. That tax reform passage still looks close, but it ...
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Why E*Trade and Schwab Investors Could Face Big Rewards in 2018

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 10:35 am

E*Trade Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) has had its share of ups and downs since the recession. Now its shares have recovered, and the company is a beneficiary of rising interest ...
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A Closer Look: Why Are Many Megachurches Located in the Sun Belt?

Posted: December 1, 2017 at 10:20 am

Many of the biggest churches, or megachurches, in the United States are located in the South or Southwest, an area often referred to as the Sun Belt. The presence of ...
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