Open up that fortune cookie and the message couldn’t be simpler: The Chinese economy is going gangbusters.The boys in Beijing managed to drive home a near 9% real GDP growth rate in the third q

The S&P 500 rose for a sixth successive session, its best run since June of ‘07, as it and the Dow each ended at highs for the year, although an afternoon about-face on vacation volume mean

These days everyone wants to talk about the declining dollar. Today there were two separate stories in the Wall Street Journal about the buck. The first was an op-ed by David Malpass which talked abo

Advertising has a greater impact on the web than it does in traditional media, but that’s still not resonating with ad buyers. Advertisers devoted only about 10% of their ad dollars to the Inte

Saving the dinosaur press is apparently a bipartisan effort -- and blather from both sides of the aisle doesn’t give a bad idea a patina of credibility. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, a Republ

Any old-time newspaper editor will tell you that local news is important to local readers.Therefore, a dog fight on Main Street is more important to Mr. and Mrs. Jones than a drought in Timbuktu that

Airline stocks gained altitude on Friday after UBS (UBS) lifted its rating for major carriers including US Airways (LCC) and Continental Airlines (CAL). The AMEX Airline Index (XAL) was up 2.5% in mi

President Obama, a self-proclaimed “newspaper junkie” says he’d be “happy to look at” a bill pending in Congress that would give newspapers tax breaks if they restructur

“I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this.”-- Harry DunneIt was perfectly planned, a summer sojourn to end the season and recharge my batteries for the home stretch

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