Lauded by critics, cherished by fans, unwatched by the masses. Fox's (NWS) Arrested Development was a spectacular single-camera mockumentary and an aberration in the deluge of mindlessly banal sitcom

Paper money first came about under the orders of Emperor Hien Tsung, who ruled China from 806 to 821 AD. The country was experiencing a major shortage of copper, which meant, obviously, that they des

Note: Five Things will not be published on Friday, May 29. Five Things will resume on Monday, June 1. 1) Fed to "Bolster" Balance Sheet?Fed May Buy More Assets to Bolster Balance Sheet &quo

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John Thain is a talented guy and he’ll recover from Monday’s stellar effort to shoot himself in both feet. Thain is making the basic mistake of a snippy college kid who got bounced from h

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The chickens have come home to roost, and they’re scratching and pecking around the notion that there’s an endless stream of money that will flow into our personal bank accounts for as lo

Hello from New York, where no matter how retail sales turn out, this is already the angriest, most confusing Christmas season in memory. Consider yesterday’s news. Texas Instruments (TXN) took

If 2008 has been the most “interesting” year in history, yesterday’s session was one of the most memorable. The world watched with bated breath as the S&P flirted with the

Last week, PepsiCo (PEP) announced a 9.6% drop in third-quarter profits. The stock fell to a 2-year low of $51.25, down from an all-time high of $79.57 in January 2008. The company plans to cut 3,300