There’s an old joke in Silicon Valley about Oracle (ORCL) founder and CEO Larry Ellison:Q: What’s the difference between God and Larry Ellison?A: God doesn’t think he’s Larry

From Wall Street to the Great Wall summits are suddenly in fashion. After the S&P 500 climbed to close above 1100 for the first time in over a year and the Dow scaled a fresh 13-month peak, the P

Stocks shrugged off a surprising decline in consumer confidence from the University of Michigan (or was it Ohio?) to finish higher Friday on light volume and end a second successive winning week. Dis

No one goes into Walmart (WMT) and asks to pay extra sales tax. Thus sales taxes are reasonable barometers for retail sales. This week we look at how taxes are doing in a period of economic recovery.

Don’t sit around in shock, take action.The shock of being laid off barely had time to set in before Jim Wessel began looking for another job.Released as purchasing director for a resort one Fri

Editor's Note: This article was provided by Minyan Mark Majka.When you get massive government intervention and major policy change into a severe downturn, you have to start expecting the law of unint

1. Behold, the Green Shoots!It's a good day to be an optimist. A couple of datapoints out this morning surprised to the upside by a significant margin. First, the Institute of Supply Managements' fac

When hunger pangs strike, it’s no surprise that Americans prefer staying in rather than dining out as this struggling economy tries to find its footing.And, as everybody knows, the restaurant i

For decades, gambling has been the preferred arrow in state policymakers’ budgetary quivers, the thinking being that even in poor economic times, tax revenues from gambling would continue to gr

Commercial real-estate vacancies hit nearly 25% in the Phoenix Valley area. Scottsdale and Southeast Valley vacancies are even higher. Consider Office vacancy rates in Valley hit record.