Even in this crazy market, what to make of a stock that’s risen more than 5,000% since November? I’m not talking about GameStop Corp or AMC Entertainment. Alpine 4 Holdings Inc is a tiny company that few people, myself included, had heard of until I stumbled upon a disclosure it filed late on a recent Friday afternoon. I posed a ...

Justice Stephen Breyer is now the subject of a lobbying campaign to get him to step down — a campaign being conducted by his fans. They’re responding to a peculiar feature of US government: Vast swaths of public policy depend less on the outcome of elections than on a few elderly lawyers’ retirement plans and health. It’s not a situation ...

Bloomberg The deals during Amazon.com Inc’s annual Prime Day sale will be stingier this year, according to merchants, thanks to rising shipping costs, higher advertising rates and scarce inventory. The two-day event arrives as the world grapples with the lingering effects of the pandemic. Supply-chain disruptions — including the Suez Canal shutdown earlier this year and a spike in Covid ...