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Two weeks after New Jersey banned Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) from selling its vehicles there, Ohio said the company could keep its two existing company-owned stores open and move forward with plans to open a third in that state. The agreement, which banned Tesla from opening additional stores beyond...

Arizona wants Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) to build its $5 billion Gigafactory inside The Copper State. Because of that, lawmakers last week began pushing a bill to give the company the right to sell its electric cars directly to consumers rather than through dealerships, according to CNNMoney. Four...

AT&T (NYSE: T) announced Thursday that its $1.3 billion acquisition of Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) and its Cricket brand was now complete. The announcement followed a statement by the Federal Communications Commission on its website that it had approved the deal, which had originally been...

Whether they are for him or against him, many people admitted that President Obama’s pitch on behalf of the Affordable Care Act on popular Internet show Between Two Ferns with comedian Zach Galifianakis was entertaining. In his latest light-hearted public appearance, Obama traded jabs...

Over the weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his right to invade neighboring Ukraine in order to protect Russian interests. His statement was interpreted as a declaration of war, sending a chill through markets as investors looked for safe bets and liquid currencies. Russian...

Fort Worth, Texas-based GM Financial, owned by General Motors (NYSE: GM), will start offering car loans to U.S. customers with prime credit this coming summer, according to The Detroit News. This is significant because GM Financial is known mostly for issuing auto loans to car buyers with less-...

As testimony continued in a manner one blogger described as a "remarkably slow cadence," incoming Federal Reserve Chairwoman, Janet Yellen, told Congress Tuesday that the central bank remains optimistic on the economy and was determined to retreat from its stimulus program slowly. In prepared...

At the same time fast food workers are staging a series of one-day strikes in an attempt to force a hike in the minimum wage – fast casual chains like Brinker International's (NYSE: EAT) Chili’s and now, DineEquity's (NYSE: DIN) Applebee’s have taken steps to install electronic tablets at every...

Is a full-size, battery-powered pickup truck even possible? Apparently Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk thinks so. Musk said Tuesday that he would like to have a vehicle to compete with Ford (NYSE: F)’s F150 in about five years. According to CNN Money, after appearing at Business Insider’s...

In what might be considered part of a continuing response to critics who accuse Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) of farming out most of its production overseas, the company announced Monday it was building a new plant in Mesa, Arizona, according to Reuters. The new plant will employ 700, with another 1,300...

While it’s not likely Olympic sized crowds will chant in response to the news, the US Energy Information Administration said Friday that the U.S. could become the world’s largest single producer of oil and natural gas this year. This flies in the face of much conventional wisdom that most of...

The last several years have seen the beginning of an exponential shift in the economic prowess of U.S. cities. If you were to ask the average layperson which cities he or she believes are on the rise in terms of not only financial growth, but also sustainability, you might get the standard...

Ever since Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) acquired Motorola Mobility in 2011, expectations have been high about just what kind of smartphone the marriage would produce. Now that the world knows about the Moto X, what it does, and how much it will sell for ($579), the next question might be, “What does...

The short answer reveals that results are inconclusive. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday morning that a study published by the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters showed that small earthquakes that occurred in Texas could be caused by fracking activities in South Texas' Eagle Ford...

Financial services ETFs of all stripes have been standout performers this year. The Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF), the largest financial services ETF by assets, is 27.9 percent year-to-date. That is all fine and dandy until XLF is measured against the SPDR S&P Regional Bank ETF...