Does anyone else feel as if this has been an extremely long week? With global leaders (one block) to the left and policymakers on the right, the data points and wild whips keep on coming as we edge o

Here's a fair question: Are cable companies really so out of touch as to be blind to their imminent demise? Or are they, in recognition of their growing obsolescence, frantically making last-ditch ef

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“It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile is the man who can smile when his shorts are too tight in the seat.” --Judge S

And on the seventh day, the Lord proclaimed “No greasy, delicious chicken shall be served to hungry masses wandering malls.” Well, maybe that’s not entirely accurate. But fo

Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, seems to be singing one of Perry Como's greatest hits: that wonderful old chestnut, "It's Impossible."It's impossible, tell the sun to

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