Stocks are up strongly again today, which makes me think of Bugs Bunny. Remember the episode where Bugs is trying to dig his way to a carrot…

Today, the document-sharing site, Scribd, opens an online …

For the first time, we could have a Triple Crown jockey without a Triple Crown horse!…

It's time once again for After the Bell, my weekly podcast on what the heck happened in business and the economy. This week, I tie into the theme…

The government's sending out 52 million stimulus checks to Americans on Social Security. Unfortunately, some of the people getting checks have…

When states and counties cut their budgets, school districts usually lose funding. And of course, that's happening across the country right now. …

In the next month or so, the New York Times is expected to make a decision about how it will charge people for content. At a meeting this week,…

Gas prices are up 12% in the last three weeks. Could be a sign of demand bouncing back? I'm skeptical. There are too many other signs of demand…

One of the signatures of the Marketplace programs is, of course, the music that's played when we do "the numbers." If the Dow, the Nasdaq and the…

Yeah, I thought you could use some cheering up. Clusterstock ranks the most depressing towns and cities in slideshow format. It's not one of…