I continue to find new examples of people expressing their recessionary selves. Between the unemployed having more free time and the need to laugh…

One thing that came up in our morning meeting is this new marketing strategy by one of the restaurant chains. It's a restaurant that sells doughy…

I recently saw a sign in front of a hair salon: "First-time customers, whatever you want to pay!" Then, this morning, Boing-Boing put it together…

I was doing my usual perusing of the Internet this morning and wasn't finding a whole lot worth pointing to… when I got sucked into an article…

I thought you might want to read this. At MSN Money, personal finance columnist (and Marketplace contributor) Liz Pulliam Weston has a really…

It wasn't the stress of federal stimulus money that prompted South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford to fly off to Argentina. Today, Sanford held a…

Americans are like birds who've decided not to fly south for the winter. After decades of migrating hither and yon, the economy has frozen us in…

I'm trying to get my head around the idea of Hollywood making movies out of board games. I have so many questions. Will someone wear a Thimble…

Citigroup is increasing base salaries for its employees by as much as 50%, according to the New York Times. And the government can't do a thing…

Oh, sure, you've heard of credit default swaps, but what about naked red/black hedge trades? Or proprietary coin-in straddles? Or vega…