It's time once again for economics editor Chris Farrell to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the "Straight Story." First there were apologies, then there were firings, then there were penalties - now, there's a backlash against corporate regulation. But do financial service companies really have something to complain about?

If a lot of money fell in your lap - would you know what to do with it? Patrick Hirsch reports on what to do with a windfall.

Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Sound Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance - "derivatives." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?

Even if you do everything right... like shredding bank statements and monitoring monthly bills... there's still a chance someone could steal your identity. So how do you go about getting your identity back? Kai interviews Joan Caplin, a staff writer at Money Magazine. Her article in the December issue examines one woman's fight to reclaim her name.