Marketplace®

Daily business news and economic stories
  • Jun 30, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Among the things I've been reading this morning — there is such a thing as free, lots of writing about Bernie, why America and Michael Jackson…

  • I don't mean as a career. Who would want to do that? I mean, be a citizen journalist, the new buzz phrase that describes the people "formerly…

  • I know that seems like a duh statement. But my point is that those new credit card reforms just passed by Congress don't apply to debit cards. …

  • I feel like Harry Burns. You know, from When Harry Met Sally. I spend hours, I spend days…. thinking about death. Maybe that's because I'm on…

  • I'm guessing passengers on Air New Zealand flights this morning didn't just keep reading their newspapers when the in-flight safety video started…

  • Jun 29, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Lions and tigers and cheetahs — oh my — they're on the kitchen table. Plus, it' judgment day for Bernie Madoff. He's asking for 12 years in…

  • My weekly podcast, After the Bell, is now available….

  • Jun 27, 2009

    Guest post

    I was hanging around the water cooler today (the actual water cooler), and Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch told me he was reading David Faber's new book…

  • I felt a particular and familiar emotion when I heard about Jackson's death. It was a mixture of sad resignation and the distant pleasure of…

  • Jun 26, 2009

    Morning Reading

    The story of the day may well be a House vote on the energy bill. A new poll finds that 75% of Americans believe the government should regulate…

Marketplace Scratch Pad