Greetings from the midtown headquarters of Minyanville. Though I work for the company, I'm here so seldom that the username on the computer I'm writing on this very second is "user." Come t

The last time NFL Pro Bowler Michael Vick played football was in Kansas. Specifically, Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was serving a 23-month sentence at the city’s United States Penitentiary. In

I usually ignore takeover rumors because 99.9% of the time, they're 100% false. However, I'm giving some credence to today's gossip -- that video-game software publisher THQ (THQI) is being looked at

The blogosphere will soon say, “Skanks for the long-needed injection of maturity.”A judge in Manhattan ruled yesterday that Google (GOOG) must reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger

Did investors learn anything in 2008? After the implosion of major financial institutions, I was under the impression that investors were aware of the outcome of rapidly rising asset prices -- p

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

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

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,

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

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