It would be nice if tariffs increased US jobs and salaries, but I wouldn't bet on it. First, US plants are much more technology advanced, so as witnessed when US Steel reopened its Granite City (I be… (View Post)

I think Michelin is testing it out in coordination with GM. They are a good tire company, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, but from the picture it doesn't look like there is a lot of paddi… (View Post)

Most big industry is global these days. That is why tariffs will mostly end up just driving up prices for consumers. If you look at the S&P 500; many, many of the listed companies derive a substa… (View Post)

Travel points in general just keep degrading. I don't think that in general they should guide a decision much anymore, unless you are a very frequent traveler and you are probably better off with a c… (View Post)

@cdnpinhead Standard in much of the Midwest became Amoco, then BP bought them. Amoco had some major research labs and executive offices in the Chicago area back then. Amoco was probably the most popu… (View Post)