The route was certainly circuitous but stocks ultimately staged a modest rebound from Friday’s ugly action. Ford’s (F) $997 million profit hoard, a three year high in manufacturing,

A recent ad for “Male Greeters” at a Gilly Hicks store, an Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) brand, stated that applicants “must have that great Abercrombie look!”But what exactly

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) (

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

  It was going to reach $1 billion in sales faster than any company in history. It would be to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy. Its creator said he imagined his invention used

“I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity…all I hope for in my clothes.” -Yves Saint LaurentOf all the trends America has tried t

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What is it about Kevin Bacon's role in Footloose that I can't shake from my crowded keppe? Maybe it's the city boy in a small clique-ish town, challenging conventional wisdom and staying true to

Minyan Morning MemoOne to watch: Sara Lee (SLE) shares are in retreat after the supermarket staple reported a fiscal fourth quarter shortfall of $14 million. While the narrower loss ex-items act

The visceral reaction to the Town Hall meetings on health-care reform leads me to believe that a lot of Americans feel that any single-payer system will inevitably lead to health-care rationing. And