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Inside the Home of Instant Pot, the Kitchen Gadget That Spawned a Religion

Inside the Home of Instant Pot, the Kitchen Gadget That Spawned a Religion


Via: bob-nelson  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  8 Comments  •  8 years ago

KANATA, Ontario — Truth be told, the headquarters of Instant Pot don’t look much like a church. But inside this sterile, gray office building on the outskirts of Ottawa, behind a door marked...
Economists Are Obsessed with “Job Creation.” How About Less Work?

Economists Are Obsessed with “Job Creation.” How About Less Work?


Via: bob-nelson  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  12 Comments  •  8 years ago

Pixabay Increased automation has not reduced our workload. Why not? What if it did? In 1930, the British economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that, by the end of the century, the...
Labor Productivity Is Just Terrible These Days

Labor Productivity Is Just Terrible These Days


Via: bob-nelson  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

Jobs figures for November will be released in a couple of hours, and the consensus forecast is that they’ll be fine. While you wait, however, here’s another chart to look at: Productivity...
Baker's refusal to make gay wedding cake: SCOTUS poses tough questions

Baker's refusal to make gay wedding cake: SCOTUS poses tough questions


Via: lmm  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  209 Comments  •  8 years ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices including pivotal jurist Anthony Kennedy on Tuesday posed tough questions to lawyers representing a conservative Christian baker in Colorado who...
Trump's personal banking information handed over to Robert Mueller

Trump's personal banking information handed over to Robert Mueller


Via: lmm  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  5 Comments  •  8 years ago

Donald Trump’s banking information has formally been turned over to Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor who is investigating whether the president’s campaign conspired with the Kremlin during...
(Stock Market) Cramer: Crushed retail stocks show some life because 'Amazon can't destroy everybody'

(Stock Market) Cramer: Crushed retail stocks show some life because 'Amazon can't destroy everybody'


Via: krishna  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  2 Comments  •  8 years ago

Retail stocks are trading higher because investors have realized the "death star" known as Amazon "can't destroy everybody," CNBC's Jim Cramer says. "The death star cannot destroy everyone....
Voodoo Too: The GOP Addiction to Financial Deregulation ... Red Rules apply

Voodoo Too: The GOP Addiction to Financial Deregulation ... Red Rules apply


Via: bob-nelson  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

The big economic policy story for this week will be the attempt to ram through the Republican tax bill, which manages both to raise taxes on middle- and lower-income Americans even as it blows...
Real Estate Agents Mobilize to Shield Homeowners on Tax Plan ... Red Rules apply

Real Estate Agents Mobilize to Shield Homeowners on Tax Plan ... Red Rules apply


Via: bob-nelson  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

For decades, the real estate industry has benefited from generous tax deductions that raise home values by making it cheaper for people to own property and shoulder their local taxes. Now, as...
Jeff Bezos’ net worth surpasses 100 billion dollars

Jeff Bezos’ net worth surpasses 100 billion dollars


Via: bob-nelson  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  4 Comments  •  8 years ago

Amazon’s Black Friday stock surge pushed him over Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images Bloomberg has been keeping an eye on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ net worth and notes that today, for the...
Stock Market: Buffett went bargain hunting and found this REIT

Stock Market: Buffett went bargain hunting and found this REIT


Via: krishna  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  8 Comments  •  8 years ago

(Store Capital):   It has been a brutal year for the retail sector. Between   store closures , bankruptcies, and the continued growth of e-commerce giant Amazon, Wall Street has tossed scores...
Friday 10/27: Nasdaq And S&P 500 Rip To Record Close After Blowout Tech Earnings; Amazon Tops $1,100

Friday 10/27: Nasdaq And S&P 500 Rip To Record Close After Blowout Tech Earnings; Amazon Tops $1,100


Via: krishna  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  12 Comments  •  8 years ago

LINK  to the seed and discussion on NT.
Nasdaq and S&P 500 rip to record close after blowout tech earnings; Amazon tops $1,100

Nasdaq and S&P 500 rip to record close after blowout tech earnings; Amazon tops $1,100


Via: krishna  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  2 Comments  •  8 years ago

Nasdaq composite rose to a record high on Friday as Wall Street cheered the blowout quarterly reports from three of the world's biggest tech companies. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite and Nasdaq...
 The Best Ways to Finance Your New iPhone 8 or X

The Best Ways to Finance Your New iPhone 8 or X


Via: spikegary  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

Source It’s been over 10 years since the iPhone’s inception, and in the eyes of many, it’s become an institution in its own right. Exhibit A: Apple was the smartphone industry’s “big winner”...
Stock Market After Hours: A huge beat for Amazon

Stock Market After Hours: A huge beat for Amazon


Via: krishna  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  4 Comments  •  8 years ago

Big beat for Amazon . . .EPS ("Earnings per Share") much better than anticipated... AWS : "Best in class" . . . The actual numbers plus more information are HERE (Full disclosure I own...
Soros lost $1B betting Trump would cause stocks to crash

Soros lost $1B betting Trump would cause stocks to crash


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  9 Comments  •  8 years ago

Soros lost $1B betting Trump would cause stocks to crash January 12, 2017, Yahoo Finance Billionaire George Soros, a major Hillary Clinton supporter, lost close to $1 billion in trades by...
Cramer builds a North Korea-proof investment portfolio

Cramer builds a North Korea-proof investment portfolio


Via: krishna  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  6 Comments  •  8 years ago

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer explains how investors should protect their portfolios amid rising tensions between the United States and North Korea. Cash, gold and defense stocks are the way...
GDP, DEBT, Congress and the FED.

GDP, DEBT, Congress and the FED.


Via: harryh  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  0 Comments  •  8 years ago

The BEA released its Advance Q2 GDP , as well as its annual revisions. No real great surprises regarding Q2, as it fell within expectations. However the annual revisions saw a downward revision...
Stocks Mkt & Investing: "U.S. military satisfied after missile defense test"

Stocks Mkt & Investing: "U.S. military satisfied after missile defense test"


Via: krishna  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  0 Comments  •  8 years ago

U.S. military satisfied after missile defense test May 31, 2017 4:37 AM ET | By:   Clark Schultz , SA News Editor  The U.S. military is taking a victory lap after a  successful missile...
What is the salient feature of wealth creation? (by Iqbal Latif)

What is the salient feature of wealth creation? (by Iqbal Latif)


Via: krishna  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  40 Comments  •  8 years ago

In response to the question: " Sir,  how can any nation become an engine of wealth creation? Please answer me in detail this concept of wealth creation on an individual basis too, it is very...
Stocks: Why I bought Salesforce.com [symbol CRM] Today

Stocks: Why I bought Salesforce.com [symbol CRM] Today


Via: krishna  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  3 Comments  •  8 years ago

Jon Najarian Sees Unusual Options Activity In Salesforce Jon Najarian spoke on  CNBC's Fast Money Halftime Report  about bullish options activity in  Salesforce.com, inc.   CRM 0.34%...
Stock Gift Cards: Bringing Wall Street To The Masses

Stock Gift Cards: Bringing Wall Street To The Masses


Via: xxjefferson51  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  11 Comments  •  9 years ago

Coming to a retailer near you -- it's the stock market. That's the plan if companies like Stockpile have their way. The Silicon Valley fintech firm is literally bringing stock trading to the local...
I need some advice on a reverse mortage

I need some advice on a reverse mortage


Via: community  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  13 Comments  •  9 years ago

My wife is 72 and thinking about a reverse mortgage on the house to pay off our traditional mortgage and leave us with a nice chunk of money and no house payment, just insurance and taxes, which...
George Zimmerman's Gun Used in Trayvon Martin's Death to Be Auctioned Off

George Zimmerman's Gun Used in Trayvon Martin's Death to Be Auctioned Off


Via: petey-coober  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  35 Comments  •  9 years ago

LINK : https://gma.yahoo.com/george-zimmermans-gun-used-trayvon-martins-death-auctioned-075639328--abc-news-topstories.html By BRIAN MCBRIDE 7 minutes ago Good Morning America...
Climate Change Poses A Big Risk To Your Retirement Savings

Climate Change Poses A Big Risk To Your Retirement Savings


Via: krishna  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  3 Comments  •  9 years ago

                      “It simply isn’t professional for the funds to do nothing.”   Many of the largest U.S. investment funds, including pensions, are doing nothing to protect...
Small Businesses Are In Foul Mood But Are Hiking Pay At 2007 Pace

Small Businesses Are In Foul Mood But Are Hiking Pay At 2007 Pace


Via: xxjefferson51  •  Stock Market & Investments  •  3 Comments  •  9 years ago

Small business sentiment fell in January to its lowest level in nearly two years, but more such firms are boosting pay than at any time since 2007, the National Federation of Independent Business...
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