Jonathan Berr
Recent Stories By Jonathan Berr:
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Trouble for Tesla: Why Consumer Reports Says Its Model S Was ‘Undriveable’May 18, 2015
Consumer Reports in 2013 gave the Telsa Model S the highest rating of any vehicle in its history. This year’s review did not go as well for Elon Musk’s company. The venerable magazine had to delay...
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Harley Goes Whole-Hog Against Discount PricingMay 1, 2015
If you want a Harley, dude, you’re still going to have to pay close to full freight. In keeping with the American rebel image it has nurtured for decades, Harley-Davidson (HOG) has taken an in-your-...
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America’s Highest Paid CEO: It’s Not Who You ThinkApril 20, 2015
Go ahead and guess: Who was the highest-paid executive at an American company last year? Tim Cook? Larry Ellison? Microsoft’s Satya Nadella? No, according to an analysis by Bloomberg News, it was 39-...
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‘Adults Only’ Investments Send Sex Stocks SoaringApril 20, 2015
We all know sex sells. But the last couple of weeks have offered a few glimpses of just how and where it’s selling — and where it isn’t — in our Internet era. For example, Ashley Madison, a dating...
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The Battle Is On to Save Military Bases from ClosureApril 10, 2015
A delegation of about 32 people from Kentucky and Tennessee is headed to Washington, D.C. to press their case with Congress to save Fort Campbell from budgetary cuts. Even though the group can count...
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Car Sales Are on Pace to Do Something They Haven’t in 50 YearsMarch 26, 2015
In another sign of the strength of the economic rebound that’s pushing the Federal Reserve to move toward raising interest rates later this year, U.S. auto sales are expected to increase for the...
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Ronda Rousey and the UFC Are About to Score Another Big WinMarch 23, 2015
The mixed martial arts (MMA) fight that’s attracting the most attention from business interests and diehard fans right now isn’t happening in an octagonal cage. It’s taking place in the halls of New...
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How the Great Beanie Baby Bubble Went BustMarch 2, 2015
It’s been about 20 years since the U.S. suddenly fell in love with the adorable 5-inch Beanie Baby dolls created by Ty Warner. In a new book called The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the...
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Why the Government’s New Dietary Guidelines Could Set Off a Food FightFebruary 18, 2015
An obscure advisory panel tasked with helping craft the federal government’s nutritional standards will issue a report in the next few weeks that could have a huge impact on what Americans eat. The...
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Just One Case of Measles Costs More Than $10,000February 8, 2015
Measles sickened 644 people in 27 states last year and struck another 102 people across 14 states last month. Last week, five infants at an Illinois daycare center were diagnosed with the disease and...
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Pentagon’s ‘Too Big to Fail’ F-35 Gets Another $10.6 Billion February 2, 2015
Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the most expensive weapons system in history, nearly crash-landed a few years ago under the weight of repeated delays and cost overruns. Despite its...
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IBM’s Big Blues: How to Save an Iconic American CompanyJanuary 26, 2015
After having come back from a crisis in the 1990s, IBM is once again in the midst of a massive — and massively difficult — transformation. The company, under CEO Ginni Rometty, is rumored to be...