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  • My weekly podcast, After the Bell, is now available for listening. As I thought about the week in business and the economy, one word came to mind …

  • Do you know what's going to gobble up our economy? The Giant Pac-Man of debt, according to Ohio Senator George Voinovich:…

  • Wanted: Someone to drink wine. At a winery. Stay in a beautiful home in wine country. Tell people about it on Facebook and Twitter. It's a…

  • Here's an interesting debate. Next month, the minimum wage is set to go from $6.55 an hour to $7.25. This is the third and final step of a hike…

  • Jun 12, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Wanna know who's hiring? The federal government, that's who. The Washington Post points out that the $787 stimulus package includes lots of money…

  • Here's what the Treasury said today: "Timely policy adjustments, not stepped-up U.S. consumer spending, are the key to pulling the world out of…

  • AIG has removed its logo from corporate badges and credit cards, according to Bloomberg. This is because employees were getting harassed in public…

  • I have prayed to a few TV antennas in my life. "Please, please come in, most gracious rabbit ear. I must watch this football game, and you're the…

  • Let's say two people are constantly giving you advice. One of them is extremely confident every time but usually turns out to be wrong. The other…

  • Jun 11, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Some old emails are getting passed around the halls of Congress. They suggest that people like Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke did, in fact, pressure…