Two factors combined to create the Golden Age of Advertising: The post-World War II boom and TV’s invasion of the nation’s living rooms. Both now seem as distant as the Peloponnesian War

First, the good news: it’s 2009 and it appears that we survived the annihilation, carnage, collapse, destruction and extinction promised by Y2K.That dreaded combination of two letters and a dig

Think back to your high school government class and the time you studied the Constitution while thinking about that girl in the next row. Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 3 of the US Constitution says

Some hit songs of 1997 now look prescient, given the market’s consistently south-of-sour performance: “Candle In The Wind,” say. “Unbreak My Heart.” “Foolish

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

A summer has passed since I made the vow to become a more mindful spender.The verdict: Room for improvement.The plan I laid out in May was to switch from debit card to cash for most of my day-to-day