- BusinessMarketWatch•2 hours ago
I retired early, in spite of these 4 big investing mistakes
“The market will do this.” “The economy will do that.” And of course they should be right, because who’s going to listen to a money expert who makes mistakes? Eventually, I was nursing an unrealized loss.
- FinanceBusiness Insider•yesterday
Baristas say that Starbucks is ignoring a huge problem that is impacting sales
"The perception isn't the reality," one Chicago barista told Business Insider. Starbucks is at a critical juncture. While the company has consistently increased same-store sales in the US and globally for years, traffic in the second quarter was flat after dropping 2% in the first quarter of 2017 — meaning fewer people are visiting stores.
BusinessAssociated Press•yesterdayCoal trains fewer as Appalachian railroads keep rolling
The red caboose parked at the edge of a rundown commercial block is the only rail car some people have seen in Matoaka in more than a year. It bears the markings of the Norfolk and Western Railway, a company merged years ago and absorbed into oblivion, like Amoco and Oldsmobile. As the coal industry has fallen on lean times, so too have the businesses that supplied the mines, equipped miners and hauled coal out of the West Virginia mountains — none more visible than the trains that once thundered around the clock along the shoulders of these hills.
