Asian stocks rose overnight. The Hang Seng and the Nikkei were up 0.27% and 0.63%, respectively. European stocks were, however, a bit of a mixed bag early this morning. And here in the US, we're curr

The trannies are talking and what they’re saying has some pros spooked.Technicians and strategists note that the Dow Transports are struggling. Smita Sadana, founder and CEO of Sunrise Capital,

One of the most memorable moments from the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona came when Michael Jordan and the rest of the “Dream Team” received the gold medal for crushing their opponents b

Is Facebook taking over the planet? Web-analytics firm Alexa ranks Facebook as the second-most popular Internet property in the world behind Google (GOOG), while Compete puts it at number three.Googl

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote Thursday to draft “net neutrality” rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from slowing or blocking content on their

I’ll be honest, as a full-time reporter, I can’t help but feel happy to see investors pile into a newspaper company.Yesterday morning, Gannett (GCI) reported that its third-quarter p

The ego of reporters is legendary, but a lawsuit by the Hartford Courant’s former consumer affairs columnist takes absurdity to new heights.George Gombossy says the newspaper forced him out of

The financial crisis that began in August 2007 had relatively little to do with traditional bank lending…Its prime cause was the rise and fall of "securitized lending," which allow

Editor's Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Part 1 can be found here. Marking MtM to MarketProponents of Mart-to-Market (MtM) argue that basing values on current prices provides an accurate

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