It's been more than a year since the job market went from an open house to a gated community, and yet many bloggers, financial pundits, and even relatives -- okay, the majority of relatives -- still

It’s car-buying season. And what a season it is. With all the recent turmoil in the automotive industry, what and whether it makes sense to buy seems more confusing than ever. I spoke with New

Summer residents of the Hamptons did their fair share of gambling in recent years: Bigger and riskier bets on all those goodies Wall Street fashioned and sold. But another version of the pastime may

Some media outlets gleefully report that the number of billionaires dropped to 793 from 1,125 a year ago. Such reports miss an obvious point: Without the super-rich, who would Uncle Sam and other gov

Perhaps the two most famous headlines from New York’s tabloids are:HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR (Post, 1982). FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD (Daily News, 1975).New York’s tabloids

The Holy Grail de jour of financial market prognostication is predicting the bottom in housing. It's a fool's errand, however. Investing based on a perceived end to declining property values has&

According to Bloomberg, the New York Times Company (NYT) said today that advertising revenue at its newspapers and Web sites fell 13% in May. It was the biggest monthly decline this year for the third

To drill or not to drill? What's good for offshore drillers such as Transocean (RIG), Noble Corporation (NE) and ENSCO (ESV) isn't necessarily good for consumers. Even a major oil discovery off the co

South Africa’s electricity provider, Eskom, was given permission to raise prices another 13.3 percent (starting in July) after already being given permission to raise prices 14.2 percent, for a

Social networking is moving from infancy to adolescence, as the market landscape evolves and competing business models vie for superiority.Venture capitalists are betting LinkedIn can thrive in an inc