If you have just $3,000 to invest, that’s a good foundation upon which to start building your portfolio. But resist the urge to bet it all on just one stock. Diversifying your holdings, even when you don’t have a lot to invest yet, is a good strategy for a number […]
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Mattel Shelves Baby Smart Speaker After Outcry
Voice-activated smart speakers are all the rage. Though the category only debuted with the 2014 release of the Echo by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), growth in the segment has been staggering. Futuresource Consulting reports that smart speakers make up one of every three shipments of home audio equipment, with growth […]
Boeing “Strikes” a Deal to Buy Revolutionary Heli-Plane Maker
It’s been about a year and a half since we first learned of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s “LightningStrike Project,” the scary-sounding name attached to an entirely benign story of a new class of aircraft that DARPA wants to build. With LightningStrike, DARPA — the “mad scientist” arm of […]
Governor says change-resistant Indiana should think globally
INDIANAPOLIS – Factory work dwindled as companies moved operations overseas. Indiana, a manufacturing powerhouse where you once could get a good-paying job even without a high school education, was falling behind. Continue Reading Below Yet when Subaru started building a plant here, it wasn’t celebrated as a coup for the […]
Morocco recalls envoy over Algeria official’s hashish claims
RABAT, Morocco – Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Algeria after the Algerian foreign minister claimed Moroccan banks launder money from hashish trafficking. Continue Reading Below In a statement issued Saturday, Morocco’s Foreign Ministry called Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel’s remarks “very serious,” ”false” and “of an unprecedented level of irresponsibility […]
Is Citigroup’s Stock a Buy for Value Investors?
Over the past year, shares of Citigroup (NYSE: C) have climbed 47%. That’s more than double the return on the S&P 500, and it comfortably exceeds other big banks as well, with the KBW Bank Index returning 38% since this time last year. Continue Reading Below Given this performance, it’s […]
What’s the Maximum I Can Get in Social Security in 2018?
After reviewing inflation data this year, the Social Security Administration has decided on a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of 2% for 2018. The increase means that the maximum amount of money that a retired worker can collect in monthly Social Security benefits is heading higher next year, but qualifying for that […]
Gas prices continue sliding down in New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. – Motorists are paying a few cents less at the pumps in New Jersey. Continue Reading Below AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in the state on Friday was $2.45. That’s down 3 cents from last week. Motorists were paying $2.03 for […]
5 Mistakes That Will Keep You From Getting Hired
Sometimes you have all the skills needed to land a job, but somewhere in the process, everything falls apart. Maybe you never even land an interview, or maybe you do, but you never hear from the company again. Continue Reading Below It can be frustrating when it feels like you’ve […]
Questions and answers on proposed ban on laptops in luggage
WASHINGTON – First the U.S. government temporarily banned laptops in the cabins of some airplanes. Now it is looking to ban them from checked luggage on international flights, citing the risk of potentially catastrophic fires. Continue Reading Below The Federal Aviation Administration recently recommended that the U.N. agency that sets […]