When the NBA rolled into Atlanta in 2003 with its All-Star Week events, so did “The World’s Famous Players Ball,” an annual gathering of some of the country’s most notorious p

Insider trading is back, big time. On Friday, federal prosecutors and the SEC charged Raj Rajaratnam, the founder of New York hedge fund the Galleon Group, with insider trading in the stocks of sever

Except for maybe Guiding Light, ABC's (DIS) Lost has the largest, most complex storyline of any modern serialized drama. In just five seasons, creators Jeffrey Lieber, J.J. Abrams, and Damon Lindelof

Watching TV on a PC is so last century. The future of media is all about size, according to Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban, who is also chairman of HDnet. He’s talking screen size. As Cuban

As a matter of course, I’m long meritocracy and short entitlement. As per my recent missive, there are two possible paths into year-end. The credit markets are pointing higher, the w

What a weekend. The family and I hit the boardwalk and the beach. The kids got cotton candy and actually won some stuffed animals (they're pretty good at hitting balloons with darts). My souvenir: a

Greetings from New York, where I was deeply ambivalent about Target (TGT) beating Bill Ackman - until the hedge-fund tough guy spent millions getting pounded into Mondale-hood in a shareholder vote.

Today’s tape was shaped by news that Standard & Poor’s may downgrade the UK’s government-credit ratings due to concerns generated by the extra obligations it's taken on during t

You can’t get good Chinese takeout in China and Cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That’s all you need to know about communism.- P.J. O’Rourke The Cuban Assets Control Regulations (

Equity markets had their biggest rally this year after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke outlined steps to fix the banking industry in a morning address. His remarks, delivered to the Counci