Birds are singing, the sun is shining, and life is beautiful again. On the surface, the vital signs of our economy are improving with every economic report. In some areas, like unemployment, the rate

NPD reported that US video-game sales fell 19% in October as the industry suffered from tough comps and consumers pulled back from discretionary buys. It's not actually news, since we've recently see

If you had any doubts about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, erase them now.Activision's (ATVI) state-of-the-art bang-bang truly delivers the steak after months and months of sizzle. Sure to sell many

The pink slips have been handed out, the severance checks cashed, and the farewell drinks consumed. Everyone has offered their condolences to those who were let go, yet you’re still here, reeli

Asian stocks rose overnight. The Hang Seng and the Nikkei were up 0.27% and 0.63%, respectively. European stocks were, however, a bit of a mixed bag early this morning. And here in the US, we're curr

Stanley Works (SWK) but untold others don’t. The toolmaker hit a 52-week high Friday after its Black & Decker (BDK) acquisition even as double digit unemployment threw a wrench into th

One of the most memorable moments from the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona came when Michael Jordan and the rest of the “Dream Team” received the gold medal for crushing their opponents b

Rallies -- and rally monkeys -- were all the rage yesterday as major markets reached new 2009 peaks, a performance which played particularly well in Peoria with hometown hero Caterpillar (CAT) (

The game itself may not have been particularly competitive, but you can bet that the National Football League’s corporate offices in New York were pleased with the result. Shortly after last we

Greetings from the midtown headquarters of Minyanville. Though I work for the company, I'm here so seldom that the username on the computer I'm writing on this very second is "user." Come t