American consumers spend their free time reading about the possibility of a double-dip recession, a lousy labor market, housing woes, and record deficits. So, when the dinner bell rings, who can blam

Gibney says:“There is a different, more robust approach to making peace in nasty places: deploy private military companies. Put them on retainer, and they’ll go where they’re p

My 14-year-old daughter, Alana, has to have her coffee ice cream, and only the finest: Haagen-Dazs -- twice as rich and twice as expensive as most brands out there.But one day this summer, when my hu

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The Securities and Exchange Commission may require some US companies to switch to international accounting rules by 2014. The SEC says the change will make American companies more competitive in the

As the pendulum swings between greed and fear, investors typically behave in 1 of 2 ways: They either become over-enthusiastic during bull markets and over-despondent as the bear’s growl grows

Dell (DELL) says price cuts boosted second quarter sales, but cut profits 17%. Dell’s profit dropped to $616 million, or $0.31 per share, from $746 million, or $0.32, for the same period a year

Marvell Lower on Slower SalesShares of Marvell Technology (MRVL) are lower this morning after the company gave a forecast that indicated sales growth is slowing. Bloomberg reports the maker of chips

As stockholders sweep up the remnants of IndyMac and the FDIC continues to add to its list of troubled banks (Wachovia (WB), Washington Mutual (WM) and Zions Bancorp (ZION)) financial insti