President Barack Obama knocks Wall Street for being “motivated only by the appetite for quick kills and bloated bonuses.”One result of this mindset is US Treasury Department “pay Cz

Mark Twain once quipped, "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow." Sound advice, except when it comes to tracking down money to finance your college education.

1) Housing Staggers Toward a Bottom..."The people who demand pity of you hate you afterward for giving it."- William Gaddis, "The Recognitions"There are some weird ideas on the st

1. "Krugman Predicts Recession’s End” That was the headline on Bloomberg late yesterday, after New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman delivered a lec

As I watch Congress question the CEOs of various money-center banks, I get the feeling they're playing footsy under the table. There's a little outrage from some -- albeit misplaced -- but

Call it trickle-down economics, socialist style.American International Group (AIG) took it on the chin from Congress, the White House and Saturday Night Live for spending $440,000 on a retreat at the

It could happen: Gordon “Greed is Good” Gekko wearing a beret, waving a stinky Gauloise and sporting a French accent as he berates Wall Street for its latest antics. A sequel to Wall

The Securities and Exchange Commission may require some US companies to switch to international accounting rules by 2014. The SEC says the change will make American companies more competitive in the

As the pendulum swings between greed and fear, investors typically behave in 1 of 2 ways: They either become over-enthusiastic during bull markets and over-despondent as the bear’s growl grows

Dell (DELL) says price cuts boosted second quarter sales, but cut profits 17%. Dell’s profit dropped to $616 million, or $0.31 per share, from $746 million, or $0.32, for the same period a year