The SEC has charged a former manager at a hedge fund and a salesman for Deutsche Bank with insider trading on credit default swaps. It's the first…

The Fed Chairman sounded downright cheery about the economy today, compared to his recent assessments. Mr. Bernanke told Congress he's hoping for…

I was just thinking what the economy really needs is a little creative spark. More original thinking. Maybe even some crazy ideas. There's too…

How's this for recession art? An out-of-work artist based in Toronto took his last $208 in cash and sewed it together to make a blanket….

A county in China's Hubei province came up with an ingenious plan for mitigating the tax drain of cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting. It told…

Good morning! Back from vacation. Thanks to Paddy Hirsch for a great job filling in on the blog. I see the banks are supposed to get their…

So, Chrysler expects to emerge from bankruptcy protection in July. This according to the company's bankruptcy filing. Nine weeks. Forgive me if I…

Many of the conversations I had over the weekend revolved around the question of whether its a good idea to start buying stocks again. A lot of…

Filene's Basement files for bankruptcy….

A spat's brewing about the government's allegedly aggressive lobbying of those holdout non-TARP lenders to Chrysler. In case you've missed it, the…