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Manufacturing Workers Face Financial Difficulties
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 3:45pm | 300Read More...A study conducted by UC Berkeley's Labor Center found that many Americans who hold manufacturing jobs aren't paid enough to stay off public assistance. The study was a topic of conversation on National Public Radio. NPR's Linda Wertheimer profiled Yvonne Wade, a 31-year old resident of Lorain, Ohio...
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The Price Of LendingClub's Blunder And What It Means For Peer-To-Peer Lending
Friday, June 10, 2016 - 4:06pm | 365Read More...Quite recently, LendingClub Corp (NYSE: LC)’s CEO was forced to resign over allegations that he had misplaced the sale of loans. However, malaise is not over for the online lender. Last Wednesday, the company issued a downward revision of a previously released weekly loan sales figure,...
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Positive Spotify Earnings; Pressure Grows In Online Music Streaming Market
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 9:18am | 292Read More...Spotify's revenue has risen to $2.1 billion over the course of 2015, and it has double in growth from the previous year, Reuters reported. Subscriptions to Spotify's premium service made up 91 percent of the income generation. With the massive increase in revenue, Spotify also saw a large increase...
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Robert Shiller Thinks Stock Market Is In Bubble Territory
Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 12:36pm | 334Read More...Nobel Laurete economist Robert J. Shiller has been talking up a stock market bubble. "It's high," Shiller, appearing on National Public Radio, said of U.S. equities markets. "The only times it's been this high has been 1929 and 2000, and 2007. So I'm worried about...
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15 Women Championing The Media Revolution
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 12:45pm | 2182Read More...The rapid decline of the newspaper business over the past couple of decades was a major hit to the media world, but there are new and powerful forms of media that have gained an immense amount of traction on the digital frontier. Websites like Buzzfeed and Gawker are embracing wit, snark and...
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Your McChicken Is Changing: McDonald's Announces Shift Away From Chickens Fed Unnecessary Antibiotics
Friday, March 6, 2015 - 2:25pm | 414Read More...In a move to reverse the trend of decreasing profits, McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) announced that it will begin using chickens raised without medically important/necessary antibiotics. Why Are Chickens Given Antibiotics? Not only have farmers given chickens antibiotics to treat...
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Olympics Gambling Coming To Vegas In 2016
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 5:03pm | 499Read More...In a recent vote, the Nevada Gaming Commission approved wagering on Olympic events effective immediately. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the decision was unanimous. Reasons For The Change Fox 5 in Las Vegas reported that the influx of professional athletes into Olympic...
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3 Grocers Working To Make Organic Food Affordable
Friday, September 5, 2014 - 1:48pm | 760Read More...Although the term “organic” has wide latitude, many people seek out food for their families that they believe to be free from additives, pesticides, chemical fertilizers and other non-natural substances. Large scale grocers have noticed, sparking an “organic food war” of...
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Apple's iTunes Reaches One Billion Podcast Subscriptions (AAPL)
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 11:04am | 487Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is celebrating another massive milestone this week after announcing that one billion podcast subscriptions have been obtained through iTunes. This is the third milestone that Apple has reached this year for selling or giving away a large amount of digital content. In February...
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Is Capitalism Ethical? Looking for Morality in the Marketplace
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 9:47pm | 2687Read More...Is it time to reassess whether capitalism is an ethical, morally-proper economic system?I. Road to Freedom, Road to SerfdomOn Tuesday, NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with the president of the American Enterprise Institute Arthur C. Brooks regarding Brooks' book, The Road to Freedom: How to Win the...
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Houses of Pain: More Americans Support Communism than Approve of Congress
Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 12:34pm | 2131Read More...NPR's All Things Considered featured a story on Friday regarding growing discontent in the US over Congress and lawmakers' sentiments on political problems in America. In October, a CBS News/New York Times poll showed that Congress' approval rating had sunk to 9 percent, an all-time low. It...
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War on Wealth: Confronting the Widening Income Gap in America
Friday, November 4, 2011 - 10:35pm | 2112Read More...NPR's Morning Edition on Friday featured an interesting segment from Mara Liasson on the widening income gap in America. It appears that the issue of income inequality is coming to the forefront of the contemporary American political discussion. A recent promotional advertisement on CNBC for a...
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How Germany Could Inadvertently Destroy the Euro and Doom Its Economy
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 10:46am | 846Read More...Reports say the German government is pushing to delay the second round of Greek bailouts until the end of the summer, but with riots increasing in intensity, it seems unlikely that the Greeks can wait that long. A delay might lead to Greece defaulting or exiting from the Eurozone. German...
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Trump Takes Second Place For Republican Presidential Bid
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 12:04pm | 580Read More...According to Business Insider, a recent poll from New Hampshire concluded that business mogul and reality TV star, Donald Trump, is now second in the Republican bid for President in 2012. Donald received 21% of the vote, second only to Mitt Romney, who has 27%. The other two Republican front-...
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Private Security Screeners Could Replace TSA Employees (TYC, OSIS, LLL)
Friday, January 14, 2011 - 3:50pm | 428Read More...The battle for proper airport security is beginning to heat up again now that airports are strongly considering the potential for private security. Currently, there are 17 airports in the United States – including Kansas City International Airport – that have replaced the traditional TSA screeners...
