Author archives: Michelle Jones

Amazon announces plans to raise wages for half a million workers

Following a historic union vote, Amazon Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced plans to raise wages for 500,000 employees. Despite those raises, the company won’t increase its minimum wage of $15 an hour. The pay increases are expected to start in the middle …

Boeing posts another quarter of losses, expects 2021 to be inflection point

Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) continues to struggle under losses, although it expects this year to mark a significant turning point as plane orders have increased. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a bite out of demand for the company’s jetliners. Q1 2021 he…

Ford Reveals Plans To Invest In A New Battery Lab

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) announced plans to invest $185 million into a new battery lab as it pushes toward manufacturing its own battery cells for its electric vehicles. The automaker is following in the footsteps of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Gene…

Is Bitcoin Really As Bad For The Environment As Some Think?

As institutional investors continue to adopt bitcoin, one concern that has come up is its connection to energy and environmental issues. ESG experts have argued that the cryptocurrency strains the environment because of all the energy it takes to mine …

Musk: Autopilot wasn’t on in the driverless Model S crash

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has responded to deputies who said a Model S that crashed into a tree in Texas had no driver. Musk said their data logs show Autopilot was not engaged, and the buyer of the Model S didn’t buy the Full Self-Dr…

Hear New Investment Ideas From Two Of The Top Shortsellers This Friday

ValueWalk will co-host the next Contrarian Conference on April 23 at 9 a.m. Eastern with The Contrarian Investor Podcast and Breakout Point. This time around, Grizzly Research and Bleecker Street Research will be making presentations. Grizzly Research …