Amazon Butts in on Google-Facebook “Duopoly” in the Huge Business of Internet Advertising. Publishers Hung Out to Dry by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2019 • 85 Comments Here are the latest numbers.
Nasdaq Drops 6.3% in 6 Days, as Uber & Lyft IPOs Turn into Colossal Flops. S&P 500 Chart Not Pretty by Wolf Richter • May 13, 2019 • 55 Comments Russell 2000 back where it had first been in November 2017.
Boeing, Airbus Carve up Embraer & Bombardier, Chinese Aircraft Makers Still Learning the Ropes by MC01 • May 13, 2019 • 28 Comments Aircraft manufacturing consolidates.
House Flipper Zillow Lost $109K (37%) Per Flip, Net Loss Triples, Shares Soar by Wolf Richter • May 10, 2019 • 105 Comments But this new and horrendous house flipping operation inflated revenues “more than expected.”
US Senator Aims at Big Gaming, Tries to Ban “Loot Boxes” & “Pay-to-Win,” Puts $50 Billion in Revenues at Risk. Here’s How Gamers Reacted by Adam Williams • May 9, 2019 • 41 Comments The reception of the bill has been fascinating.
While I Was Away from My Desk, Dow Drops 473 Points by Wolf Richter • May 7, 2019 • 62 Comments Oh lordy, in a market where nothing can go wrong, Dow falls below January 2018 level.
Trucking Skids into Downturn after Phenomenal Boom by Wolf Richter • May 4, 2019 • 106 Comments A hard U-Turn.
More Airline Woes: Avianca Brazil Gets Dismembered, Korea’s Asiana Airlines Gets Taxpayer Bailout, Air India Gets Rumors of Default by MC01 • May 4, 2019 • 50 Comments It Just Doesn’t Let Up With Airlines.
Global Foreign Direct Investment Flows Collapse by Don Quijones • May 2, 2019 • 28 Comments More and more companies either choose not to invest in other countries or are prevented from doing so.
Did Someone Turn Off the Spigot? Global Semiconductor Sales Plunge Most Since the Financial Crisis by Wolf Richter • Apr 30, 2019 • 91 Comments According to chip makers, the plunge isn’t over yet. Now hoping it won’t turn into the mess as in 2001 when the last tech bubble became the dotcom bust.
