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  • Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk talks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

    The Big Threat That's Sending Tesla Shares Lower

    By Michael McDonald, Oilprice.com

    Elon Musk is a genius and a visionary who is almost single handedly changing the future of mankind through three different industries at once. With that said, it’s not clear if investors can easily...

  • Here’s the Type of Gun Americans Are Buying at a Record Pace

    By Chris Morris, CNBC

    Gun sales have never been hotter in the United States. In the past eight years, the number of people who own firearms has nearly doubled — with 2015 setting records, as 23.1 million people applied...

  • A sale sign is seen inside a Target store in Delta, British Columbia January 15, 2015. REUTERS/Ben Nelms

    Why Retailers Still Can’t Get Cyber Monday Right

    By Krystina Gustafson, CNBC

    It's been 365 days since retailers last had their sites flooded by bargain-crazed Cyber Monday shoppers. But sometimes, all the stress tests in the world aren't enough to prevent their pages from...

  • A camera drone operated by a civilian flies near the scene where two buildings were destroyed in an explosion in New York, in this file photo taken March 12, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files

    Chasing Amazon, Walmart Takes to the Skies

    By Nathan Layne, Reuters

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, a sign it plans to go head-to-head with...

  • Larry Born, a former Walmart employee from Park Forest, Illinois, takes part in a demonstration for higher wages and better working conditions, outside of a Walmart during Black Friday shopping in Chicago November 28, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Nelles

    Here's Why Wal-Mart's Stock Tumbled This Week

    By Brian Sozzi, The Street

    "Now, when it comes to Wal-Mart, there's no two ways about it: I'm cheap," wrote Wal-Mart ( WMT - Get Report ) founder Sam Walton in his 1992 memoir "Sam Walton: Made in America." If the notoriously...

  • The Fed Holds Wild Card for Stocks This Week

    By Caroline Valetkevitch, Reuters

    The Federal Reserve holds the wild card for the U.S. stock market next week. Will the U.S. central bank now slow the pace of its stimulative bond buying as the economy's outlook begins to brighten or...

  • Can Mary Barra Make GM the No.1 Global Car Company?

    By Phil LeBeau, CNBC

    Mary Barra, the incoming CEO of General Motors , is trying to pull off one of the trickier moves in the business world. No, it's not becoming the first woman to lead a major automaker - that...

  • Obama's Union Cronies Push Anti-Walmart Campaign

    By Liz Peek

    Some 23,000 people applied for 600 jobs at two Wal-Mart stores that opened in Washington DC last week. That’s right-- at Wal-Mart, the company that doesn’t pay enough. Wal-Mart has emerged as Public...

  • Tech Giants Push for Government Surveillance Reforms

    By KATE HOLTON, Reuters

    Eight major U.S. web companies, including Apple, Google and Facebook, made a joint call on Monday for tighter controls on how governments collect personal data, intensifying the furor over online...

  • Why Wall Street Analysts Are Tepid on Twitter

    By Jonathan Berr, The Fiscal Times

    Shares of Twitter (TWTR) surged 73 percent in their first day of trading Nov. 7, jumping from an IPO price of $26 to close at $44.90. In the month since that market debut, the stock price has gained...