A surprise from China today — the country said it bought more goods from around the world than it sold. It's called a trade deficit. And China…
This final note today, in which rising commodity prices literally hit us in the collective wallet. You might have heard that cotton prices are up,…
More people are applying for mortgages than at anytime in the past three months. That's according to the Mortgage Bankers Association….
This final note today, in which we learn once again the rich really are different. A consulting firm called The Spectrem Group did a survey of…
Today President Obama is expected to nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the new U.S. Ambassador to China. He'd be the first Chinese-Ame…
In a federal court in New York tomorrow, jury selection begins for the high-profile insider-trading trial of Raj Rajaratnam. He is a hedge-fund b…
Oil is trading above $106 a barrel today on news of the continued unrest in Libya. Here in the U.S., gas prices have topped $3.50 a gallon — tha…
This final note today. Come with me now back to 1987. Duff McKagan was the hard-partying bassist for Guns N' Roses. A few years later, an interest…
We got big numbers today from the U.S. Labor Department. In February, U.S. payrolls increased 192,000 and the jobless rate fell to 8.9 percent –…
This final note today. As negotiations between NFL team owners and the players association count down to a midnight deadline tonight, President…
