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

It's time for the numbers. Each week Kai brings you the business news you didn't know you needed...

This and every week, we have our Economics Editor Chris Farrell here to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the "Straight Story." Outsourcing is the buzz of the business world, but is it really detrimental to the American economy? Chris is ready to take on those who say "yes," including "CNN's" Lou Dobbs.

This and every week, we have our Economics Editor Chris Farrell here to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the "Straight Story." The Fed Reserve Board meets early next week, and already a well-known economist has published an open letter imploring Greenspan to raise interest rates. Chris is ready to rumble.