The Troubled Asset Relief Program just hit the six month mark, and the watchdog panel that's keeping an eye on the rescue has issued a progress…

The big stories of the morning are GM preparing for bankruptcy and a merger that will create the country's biggest homebuilder. Other things that…

Today, one of Wall Street's most powerful CEO's called for well-designed regulation and new pay guidelines for financial companies. Goldman Sachs…

The financial rescue cop, Neil Barofsky, has decided to investigate why AIG was allowed to pay banks in full to close out claims on credit default…

Speaking of Oregon and the recession, our favorite former Treasury Secretary is having trouble getting what he wants in Portland. Well, what his…

Which state is best weathering the recession? The Happiness Index from MainStreet.com says Nebraska. Oregon ranks dead last….

What do you get when cross GM with Segway? A gas-guzzling pogo stick? No, the answer is a wheelchair-ish, golf carty two-wheeled electric people…

I'm channeling Ron Burgandy this morning — I want to shout it from a mountaintop, but I don't have a mountaintop, I have a blog. The top story in…

Could there be two words in the English language that get attention more quickly than those? But this isn't false advertising. I'm going to tell…

Yes, I stole my headline from the catch-phrase for boing boing because one of the wonderful things I'd like to point out came from that site. I…