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  • Mar 31, 2009

    Morning Reading

    It's not fun times at the Sun-Times. The newspaper filed for Chapter 11 this morning. That gives Chicago the dubious distinction of being the…

  • Tomorrow, Skype launches its new app for the Iphone, and in May, the Blackberry gets one. I don't know if the mobile phone companies are worried,…

  • Uncle Sam wants you to be on the lookout for waste, fraud and mismanagement of the stimulus package. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is…

  • This morning, the President told Chrysler it needed to reach a survival deal with the Italian carmaker Fiat. And then about 7 seconds later,…

  • The President is playing hardball with GM and Chrysler. His auto task force has rejected the carmakers' turnaround plans, forced out GM's CEO, and…

  • Mar 30, 2009

    Morning Reading

    The big story of the morning is the government's response to Detroit's carmakers. I'll have something on that shortly. In the meantime, here are…

  • This week I was thinking — man, I spend a lot of time in front of screens. Then today, I see this on my computer screen: A new study says…

  • There are few issues more sensitive than immigration, especially when millions of Americans are out of work. The Wall Street Journal points out…

  • Mar 27, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Stocks are down this morning, presumably because short-term investors are cashing in on the recent rally. At least one positive economic indicator…

  • Mar 27, 2009

    Debt is the devil

    If there's one thing I've learned in my financial life, it's that I hate debt. I used to find debt annoying, you know, like getting a ticket for…