Big Oil is Learning to Love Solar Power
Filed under: Investing (Image Credit: Chevron) Chevron is currently claiming to be one of the largest solar installers for educational institutions in the U.S. -- an honorable statement, however...
View Article1 High Yielding Coal Stock That Might Make Sense
Filed under: Investing Rhino Resource Partners stands out from the coal pack because of its around 14% yield. That's a level at which most investors should assume that a big dividend cut is being...
View ArticlePfizer's 3 Most Promising Drugs
Filed under: Investing Pfizer has been no stranger to the kind of damage that blockbuster drug patent expirations can inflict. The company's high-flying cholesterol fighter, Lipitor, has struggled...
View ArticleThis Year's Biggest Corporate Polluters
Filed under: Investing Usually it's great to be No. 1, but not when it makes you the year's worst polluter. The Political Economy Research Institute has released its fifth annual Toxic 100 Air...
View ArticleThe Tesla Model S Is the World's Best Car, for Now
Filed under: Investing Tesla Motors' Model S is raking in the awards and accolades across the board. The company's performance is incredible, the safety ratings are best in class, and it's beloved by...
View ArticleWhy Aren't More Vehicles Running on Natural Gas?
Filed under: Investing Join The Motley Fool's Austin Smith for a video chat with Sandeep Munshi, director of technology and development at Westport Innovations. Based in Vancouver and with facilities...
View ArticleBest Buy Earnings: A Cinderella Story?
Filed under: Investing Shares of consumer electronics retailer Best Buy popped after the company beat earnings this quarter, bringing the stock up to the tune of 200% year to date. Much of the earnings...
View ArticleTesla Hits a Roadblock in China: Will Musk Fight Back?
Filed under: Investing Tesla Motors is one of this year's hottest stocks, with shares up more than 400% year to date. And the electric-car maker's stock shows no signs of stalling, despite mounting...
View ArticleDreamWorks Should Turn Back to the Bible for Its Next Big Hit
Filed under: Investing Shares of DreamWorks Animation have risen more than 80% so far in 2013, and with good reason. The children's-movie maker is riding a wave of momentum driven by the success of The...
View ArticleRefiners, Ethanol, and You. Time to Worry?
Filed under: Investing Approximately 40% of all corn grown in the United States goes to ethanol production. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. To blend or not to blend? That is the question refiners will need...
View ArticleIs This the End of the All-Electric Vehicle?
Filed under: Investing Battery-electric vehicles, or BEVs, get a lot of credit for being "zero-emission" cars. However, that designation isn't entirely accurate. BEVs are only "zero-emission" if you...
View Article3 Crazy Ideas That Will Revolutionize Our Roads
Filed under: Investing If you think Elon Musk and Tesla Motors invented the electric car, you're off by about 180 years. Ideas can take a long time to take off, and eyeing the "crazies" of today can...
View ArticleXbox One vs. PS4: Who's Winning Pre-Holiday
Filed under: Investing The Xbox One-vs.-PlayStation 4 debate has been anything but tepid this year, and the grudge match continues as we get closer to the holiday launch. The recent earnings release...
View ArticleWhat Does Big Oil See in Russia?
Filed under: Investing Russia has been at the top of the list of oil-producing nations for years, but for most of that time access to those oil fields was restricted by the Iron Curtain. Today, thanks...
View ArticleWill Medical Devices Be Next on China's Chopping Block?
Filed under: Investing It's been a tumultous two months for the health care industry in China. Big pharma's fortunes have turned sour in a heartbeat after Beijing's investigations into GlaxoSmithKline...
View ArticleIs This the Greatest American-Made Car Ever?
Filed under: Investing Tesla's Model S. Photo credit: Tesla Motors. The automotive industry has been using internal combustion engines to drive vehicles for more than a century, and the industry was...
View ArticleThis Stock Has Just Stepped on the Gas
Filed under: Investing After a hefty run-up for months, the recent weakness in the Dow Jones Industrials has left investors wondering whether a sharp pullback is on its way. How long the bull market...
View ArticleIs Ford Hypocritical for Lashing Out at Japanese Policy?
Filed under: Investing Last week, Ford stepped up its criticism of Japan's monetary policy. Ford's North American chief, Joe Hinrichs, told Bloomberg Businessweek that the weak yen is supporting auto...
View Article3 Buffett Predictions for the Rest of 2013
Filed under: Investing As the fourth richest person in the world today -- even after giving away roughly $24 billion of his shares in Berkshire Hathaway so far -- it's no surprise that Warren Buffett...
View ArticleAre Higher Mortgage Rates Finally Taking a Toll?
Filed under: Investing Things appeared to be going swimmingly for the housing market this week. Until Friday, that is. On the final day of the week, the Commerce Department reported that new-home sales...
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