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Data from the Schwab Center for Financial Research shows the average bear market lasts only about 17 months, and 80% of corrections since 1974 have not turned into a bear market. That should only help its online business grow even more...

U.S. regulator is looking into how Amazon disclosed its business practices, according to a Wall Street Journal report...

In early March, Amazon announced a 20-for-1 stock split. If you're wondering about the next candidate for a big announcement, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) checks all of the boxes. In the past five years, shares of Alphabet and Amazon have risen 265% and 240%, respectively...

What happens when Amazon.com Inc plops over 1,000 new jobs in one of the hottest blue-collar job markets in the country?...

The new 10-Year Strategic Plan for Joint Development, developed by Metro’s office of real estate and parking, will pursue new development opportunities that the agency said it hopes will, in turn, increase Metro ridership and drum up revenue from fares, real estate proceeds and new state and local taxes on otherwise untaxable land, all while contributing to the region’s housing and sustainability needs. The plan leans on a philosophy the agency said had been working before Covid hit — ridership at Metro stations with transit-oriented development increased between 2011 and 2019, reaching 5 million new trips per year and generating $29 million in annual fare revenue for the agency, according to its own count. Through the pandemic, the agency has struggled to maintain the same levels, requiring $2 billion in aid from the federal government to remain on financial track, but it's seen bright spots in areas with nearby development...

What happens when Amazon.com Inc plops over 1,000 new jobs in one of the hottest blue-collar job markets in the country? Around Elkhart, whose population is about 52,000, the share of the total workforce that is employed in factories and manufacturing is 51.5%, compared with a share of 8% nationally, according to the Labor Department. The region's jobless rate sank to 0.9% in December, the lowest rate in the country, according to the Labor Department, though it has since edged up slightly...