BusinessThe Street•4 hours agoTesla's Gigafactory Is Actually a Battleground, Jim Cramer Explains
Jim Cramer fills his blog on RealMoney every day with his up-to-the-minute reactions to what's happening in the market and his legendary ahead-of-the-crowd ideas. This week he blogged on: How to be excited about Europe How to talk about Tesla, Apple and bitcoin Visit here for information on RealMoney, where you can see all the blogs, including Jim Cramer's--and reader comments--in real time. Jim Cramer: Here Is Why I Am So Excited About the Turn in Europe I hate anecdotal observations. I despise thumb-sucking. I can't stand the "it seems like it is getting better" crowd, and I am revolted by the "rising rates say things are strong" analysis. I like the empirical. I like when I can feel it and
BusinessThe Street•6 hours agoI Am a Millennial Who Just Went to Kmart for the First Time Ever and Couldn't Believe This Place
I, likely because I'm a millennial, had never been to a Sears Holdings Corp.-owned (SHLD) Kmart before. Until today. On Monday, July 3, I took a trip to a Kmart store in Brick, N.J., and I was amazed, for several reasons, that its doors were still open. The store was dingy, dirty and disorganized, far worse than the Sears store I recently visited that I thought was a horror show. Plus, the location was poorly stocked, despite the fact that I arrived around 9 a.m., only one hour after it opened. But, Monday's trip gave me yet another insight into why its parent, Sears, announced on Friday it is closing an additional 43 stores on top of the 265 locations, across both Sears and Kmart banners, it
NewsAssociated Press•5 hours agoIllinois has bills to pay after 2 years without budget plan
Illinois finally has a budget plan after two years. Now, to start paying bills. The Democratic-controlled Legislature's vote last week to create a $36 billion framework over Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's vetoes ended the nation's longest fiscal stalemate since at least the Great Depression.
