By Daniel Kline The chain has long been an innovator when it comes to producing your daily (or more) cup of java. Starbucks SBUX coffee has long been divisive. Some people love it, others find it too bitter, and some people simply don’t like the chain …
Apple Hits with a Big Setback
By Rob Lenihan Apple is hit with an outage that knocks more than 20 services offline. Apple (AAPL) – Get Apple Inc. Report was hit by a widespread outage Monday that knocked out the computer giant’s most popular services including Apple Music, iCloud a…
The Wildly Lucrative Business of Pokémon Trading Cards
By Colette Bennett How Pikachu and friends can make you money. When it comes to what you consider worthy of investing your money in, it’s unlikely that you’d consider your son’s Pokémon cards to be a potential goldmine. After all, the brightly-colored …
ThredUp Wants to Clean Out America’s Closets
By Vidhi Choudhary The pandemic changed what a lot of people wear and that might be good for the clothing reseller. You’ve probably heard the saying, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” But this phrase holds profound significance in the lives …
Taco Bell Celebrates 60 Years With a Brand New Meal
By Colette Bennett It’s hard to think of Yum Brands’ Taco Bell as a 60-year old company, especially considering how youth-forward its marketing is today. It’s hard to think of Yum Brands’ (YUM) – Get Yum! Brands, Inc. Report Taco Bell as a 60-year old …
Goldman on What Stagflation Will Do to a 60/40 Portfolio
By Dan Weil A range of investments can help investors cope with the lessened effectiveness of a 60/40 portfolio. The market has been full of talk about stagflation — low growth combined with high inflation — for months, and the Russia/Ukraine war has o…
Cannabis News This Week: An Unusual Employee Benefit
By Tony Owusu A cannabis-related company is offering staff members who need the drug an unusual employee benefit. After decades of being lumped in with harder drugs, cannabis has had a rocky path to the mainstream, due in part to its designation as a s…
Crypto Price Check: War, Volatility and the Fed
By Rob Lenihan Elevated inflation and rising debt have investors taking a more conservative approach toward cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrency prices were mixed Monday as investors continued to assess Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine. Bitcoin was d…
Does Musk Want to Merge Tesla, SpaceX and The Boring Company?
By Luc Olinga Elon Musk is working on volume 3 of his so-called master plan of innovations. Elon Musk is setting up the innovations to which he intends to devote himself in the next decade. No doubt galvanized by the success of Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla…
Goldman Sachs Helps Bitcoin Take a Major Step
By Luc Olinga The bank has just completed a transaction that should lead to widespread adoption of bitcoin among big investors. Goldman Sachs on Monday took a big step toward the possible wide adoption of bitcoin among institutional investors, such as …