On an encouraging note, recessions do tend to inspire creativity, tenacity and a little bit of healthy (?) marble-losing. Case in point, out-of…
A Senate committee is hearing proposals that would help pay for the President's $1.2 trillion health care plan. As you may have heard, one of them…
The federal government loses money in April. The budget had its first April shortfall since 1983. For the first seven months of the fiscal year,…
We're broke. Let's fix it. That's the catch phrase for a new project called Indebted from MTV U and the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The goal…
Today, Marketplace launches a special report, "The Next American Dream." We're looking at four pillars of the American Dream and how they're…
The stock market is kind of eh, so far this morning, after yesterday's big sell-off. The question people are asking is — has this been a sucker's…
A former Bear Stearns executive has sued the investment bank to get a $2 million bonus he says he's owed. Mark Reback says even though Bear…
If you watch the Preakness this Saturday, you might very well see a girl beat a bunch of boys. But the filly was almost kept out of the race by a…
Today, Massachusetts announced a settlement with Goldman Sachs over Goldman's involvement in the subprime loan business. The bank will give $10…
The Wall Street Journal plans to charge per article starting this fall. It would be the first major newspaper to try a micropayment system. The…