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Ticker Shock: Five Reasons Why H&R Block Could Mean Good ReturnsTue Jun 30th, 2009
Glenn Curtis My 8-year-old and my 6-year-old beat the daylights out of me in Wii boxing last night. Now I know how my old man felt when I convinced him to play me in Pac-Man on Atari. Asian stocks ended mixed. Th |
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Airline Profits Hit TurbulenceMon Jun 8th, 2009
Andrew Jeffery Airlines just can't catch a break. Last summer, as fuel costs rose skyward, US carriers scrambled to dream up new fees and hidden charges to try to stay afloat. A few -- like Aloha, ATA, and Frontier |
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The Bob Marley EconomyFri Mar 20th, 2009
Tal Pinchevsky Perhaps no artist left behind a richer musical legacy than the legendary Bob Marley. Reggae music’s greatest ambassador exhorted his listeners to “emancipate [themselves] from mental slav |
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US Air Sued for Million-Dollar XboxThu Mar 12th, 2009
Mike Schuster A film major at Yale University has filed a lawsuit against US Airways (LCC) after his Xbox 360 and its accessories went missing from his checked luggage. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the 21 |
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Two Ways: Did Bernanke Light a Fire Under the Market's Bottom?Tue Mar 10th, 2009
Terry Woo Equity markets had their biggest rally this year after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke outlined steps to fix the banking industry in a morning address. His remarks, delivered to the Counci |
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MV Weather Report: Citi, Bernanke Sweep Clouds AwayTue Mar 10th, 2009
Matt Theal What a day it was for the market. Turnaround Tuesday definitely lived up to the hype.Citigroup (C) came out and said they had 2 profitable quarters through the first 3 months of this year; all the ba |
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Citi Incites StampedeTue Mar 10th, 2009
Mike Mish Shedlock The stock market is on a tear this morning on the heels of a statement by CEO Vikram Pandit that Citigroup (C) has a profit for the first 2 months of 2009. In a letter sent to employees Monday, |
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Five Things: Now It's the Economists' TurnTue Mar 10th, 2009
Kevin Depew 1) Now It's the Economists' TurnWe knew this was only a matter of time."The downturn exposes the decline of economic expertise," Newsweek observes in the March 16 issue. "Think of all |
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Cell Phone Study Blows Lid Off the ObviousTue Mar 10th, 2009
Scott Reeves Methodology is destiny when conducting a study. A study conducted by San Diego’s Utility Consumers’ Action Network, which purports to show cell-phone users pay an average of $3.02 a minut |
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GE's March MadnessTue Mar 10th, 2009
Bill Feingold Mid-March is usually reserved for college basketball. But this year, there’s going to be a different kind of March Madness. I refer, of course, to the “deep dive” to be held on Thur |







