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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...

  • Ackman vs. Herbalife: What’s Really at Stake

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Last week was a bad one for multi-level marketing companies, aka MLMs. It was a very good week for hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who has bet more than $1 billion that one particular MLM, Herbalife...

  • Saturn Sky (2007)

    GM Faces New Pressure from Outraged Consumers

    By Eric Beech, Reuters

    As details emerge about how General Motors Co dealt with faulty ignition switches in some of its models, car owners are increasingly angry after learning that the automaker knowingly allowed them to...

  • Global Dividends Surpass $1 Trillion for First Time

    By Jenny Cosgrave, CNBC

    The world's largest listed companies paid out more than $1 trillion in dividends for the first time, a new report shows. Investors were awarded $1.027 trillion of dividends last year, as pay-outs...

  • Facebook and WhatsApp Partying Like It's 1999

    By Yuval Rosenberg

    Facebook’s announcement late Wednesday of a $19 billion deal to buy WhatsApp instantly raised a couple of questions. The first, for many: What’s WhatApp?

  • These Shoes Were Made from ... 3-D Printing

    By Cadie Thompson, CNBC

    Could shopping for shoes possibly become a thing of the past? Perhaps, if more consumers start choosing to get their footwear 3-D printed. Feetz, a San Diego start-up, is working to make it possible...