Greetings from the White Plains Mall where, in true Macke Family Fashion, I’m teaching my kids how to gauge the economy by starting at the consumer end and working your way up the ladder, throu

During a 6-week period that saw the inauguration of a new American president and an emergency landing in the Hudson River, perhaps no story generated more dialogue than that of Nadya Suleman. The 33-

The quality of a vacation or business trip always seems to hinge on the hotel experience. No matter how much windsurfing you do or how many clients you snag, your stay can easily be ruined by, say, a

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Hackers have scammed at least $2 million by cracking into Citibank (C) brand ATMs at 7-Eleven stores nationwide and stealing users’ PIN numbers. Federal prosecutors in New York have filed charge

The Holy Grail de jour of financial market prognostication is predicting the bottom in housing. It's a fool's errand, however. Investing based on a perceived end to declining property values has&

According to Bloomberg, the New York Times Company (NYT) said today that advertising revenue at its newspapers and Web sites fell 13% in May. It was the biggest monthly decline this year for the third

To drill or not to drill? What's good for offshore drillers such as Transocean (RIG), Noble Corporation (NE) and ENSCO (ESV) isn't necessarily good for consumers. Even a major oil discovery off the co

South Africa’s electricity provider, Eskom, was given permission to raise prices another 13.3 percent (starting in July) after already being given permission to raise prices 14.2 percent, for a

Social networking is moving from infancy to adolescence, as the market landscape evolves and competing business models vie for superiority.Venture capitalists are betting LinkedIn can thrive in an inc