Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, best known for chronicling the rich in The Great Gatsby, supposedly said to Ernest Hemingway, “The rich are different than you and me.”To which Hemingway rep

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

Traditional wisdom tells us never to lend money to friends. But traditional wisdom has it slightly wrong. Lending money and property to friends is okay, as long as you feel comfortable with the arran

Farewell, KB Toys, Circuit City, Mervyn’s, and Linens ‘n Things.Each retailer, now defunct, offered good prices, but that’s not enough in a recession. Quality and brand strength cou

Is a 30-second commercial that runs during the Super Bowl really worth $3 million? Hell, yes, say the companies that lined up to buy spots during the NBC-hosted game in 2009. The network's line-up so

For millions of followers worldwide, their time of worship occurs not on Sunday mornings but weekday afternoons. Their altar consists not of holy artifacts or a pulpit but of a television and some th

When hunger pangs strike, it’s no surprise that Americans prefer staying in rather than dining out as this struggling economy tries to find its footing.And, as everybody knows, the restaurant i

There was a time I loved Martha Stewart. Well, actually I loved her magazine, Martha Stewart Living. Since I had already succumbed to the cheap side of the force, there was no way I was going to actu

That’s two days in a row now that I’ve awakened with a wicked backache. You’ll be calling me the Hunchback of Minyanville soon.Asian stocks ended lower. The Hang Seng was closed on

It’s been a long, hot media summer where I live in the mile-square city of Hoboken, which has an economic health closely linked to that of Manhattan. First, an alleged bribery scandal