Friday we discussed how banks were considering buying toxic assets from each other as part of the Treasury's public-private investment plan. …

The short-selling of stocks will get a lot of attention this week. Wednesday, the SEC plans to make several recommendations for restricting short…

The merger between IBM and Sun Microsystems has collapsed, at least for now. My other picks of the morning include: What the President can learn…

My weekly podcast, Marketplace After the Bell, is now available. It's my challenging exercise every Friday — to try and make sense of what…

Banks are considering buying toxic assets from each other, the Financial Times reports. They would do this under the Treasury's public-private…

With the job numbers out today, there's talk in the blogosphere about the need for much more job-creating stimulus. Our own commentator, Robert…

The unemployment rate climbed to 8.5% in March. Another 663,000 people lost their jobs. NPR helps you meet some of them. Other stories and…

My attention span keeps getting shor. I'm not exactly sure why that. Maybe it's because I can watch anhourofTVin40minutes. Or 'cause people are…

I'm not on the radio much these days, but I did get some air time this morning on my old NPR station, WFAE in Charlotte, NC. I was a guest on…

Stocks are having a fat rally today mainly because of a change in accounting rules. The Financial Accounting Standards Board has relaxed mark-to…