Trucking & Rail Shipments Sink as US Goods-Based Sector Slows by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2019 • 77 Comments Weakness in transportation deepens. Freight rates still rising, but also coming under pressure.
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 • 84 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 • 61 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.
