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  • Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk talks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

    The Big Threat That's Sending Tesla Shares Lower

    By Michael McDonald, Oilprice.com

    Elon Musk is a genius and a visionary who is almost single handedly changing the future of mankind through three different industries at once. With that said, it’s not clear if investors can easily...

  • Here’s the Type of Gun Americans Are Buying at a Record Pace

    By Chris Morris, CNBC

    Gun sales have never been hotter in the United States. In the past eight years, the number of people who own firearms has nearly doubled — with 2015 setting records, as 23.1 million people applied...

  • A sale sign is seen inside a Target store in Delta, British Columbia January 15, 2015. REUTERS/Ben Nelms

    Why Retailers Still Can’t Get Cyber Monday Right

    By Krystina Gustafson, CNBC

    It's been 365 days since retailers last had their sites flooded by bargain-crazed Cyber Monday shoppers. But sometimes, all the stress tests in the world aren't enough to prevent their pages from...

  • A camera drone operated by a civilian flies near the scene where two buildings were destroyed in an explosion in New York, in this file photo taken March 12, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files

    Chasing Amazon, Walmart Takes to the Skies

    By Nathan Layne, Reuters

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup and checking warehouse inventories, a sign it plans to go head-to-head with...

  • Larry Born, a former Walmart employee from Park Forest, Illinois, takes part in a demonstration for higher wages and better working conditions, outside of a Walmart during Black Friday shopping in Chicago November 28, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Nelles

    Here's Why Wal-Mart's Stock Tumbled This Week

    By Brian Sozzi, The Street

    "Now, when it comes to Wal-Mart, there's no two ways about it: I'm cheap," wrote Wal-Mart ( WMT - Get Report ) founder Sam Walton in his 1992 memoir "Sam Walton: Made in America." If the notoriously...

  • A person walks outside a Wal-Mart store in Mexico City January 11, 2013. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

    Walmart Pay Raise: A Fix for Past Mistakes?

    By Tom DiChristopher, CNBC

    Wal-Mart is raising wages for some 500,000 hourly employees because worker pride in the company is vital to running a good retail business, CEO Doug McMillon told CNBC on Thursday. "We make wage...

  • An HSBC sign is seen outside a bank branch near the Shard in London February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

    HSBC Admits It Helped Wealthy Customers Dodge Taxes

    By STEVE SLATER and Joshua Franklin, Reuters

    British bank HSBC Holdings Plc admitted failings by its Swiss subsidiary in response to media reports it helped wealthy customers dodge taxes and conceal millions of dollars of assets. "We...

  • Passersby walk in front of the Shake Shack restaurant in the Manhattan borough of New York, December 29, 2014. REUTERS/Keith Bedford

    Shake Shack IPO: Everything You Need to Know

    By Marine Cole

    Burger chain Shake Shack is expected to go public Friday as McDonald’s, another burger giant, recently reported plunging global annual profits and replaced its CEO. Here’s what you need to know.

  • CES 2015: The Light Bulb Just Got ‘Smart’

    By Cadie Thompson, CNBC

    San Francisco -based Misfit has come a long way from just being a wearable company. It now wants to light your home. The company, co-founded by former Apple CEO John Sculley, unveiled on Tuesday at...

  • A pedicab rides past a Shake Shack restaurant in the Manhattan borough of New York August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

    Shake Shack IPO Shakes Up the Fast Food Business

    By Hailey Lee, CNBC

    Shake Shack, famous for its frozen custards and hamburgers, filed for an initial public offering with Securities and Exchange Commission regulators on Monday to raise $100 million. JP Morgan...