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  • The current negotiation over the debt limit is critical for the economy. Here's one way of measuring the stakes….

  • Our guest blogger this week is Sheldon Garon, the Dodge Professor of History and East Asian Studies at Princeton University. He's also the author…

  • Help us tell the story: What’s your brand promise?

    Read an article this week talking about how it's more important than ever to know what your "brand promise" is. It's the kind of phrase I can't …

  • Times are tough and we're all trying to save more. The financial services company USAA in the latest issue of its magazine has come up with a…

  • Scamsters profit from hard times. A growing criminal enterprise is luring consumers into accepting genuine-looking but genuine-phony checks or…

  • Our guest blogger this week is Barbara Friedberg. She's editor of Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance. I check it out all the time. She's selling…

  • Jun 9, 2011

    A timely warning

    It sounds like a good deal. Invest in a structured financial product that protects the principal value of your money while letting you participate…

  • It's well known that many aging boomers haven't saved enough for retirement. For instance, the consultants at McKinsey & Co. estimate the…

  • The nation added a mere 54,000 nonfarm payroll jobs last month. It's a steep drop from the 220,000 average pace of the previous three months. And…

  • May 31, 2011

    Insider games

    There's a vote tonight (Tuesday evening) on raising the federal government's debt limit ceiling. House Republicans are bringing up the vote even…