A tough (and Tufts) end to trading after a stand pat Fed saw shares stand still, equities giving up earlier increases to end mixed as markets discovered a House is not a home. Our elected Representat

But of all the embarrassing gaffes and product blunders, nothing quite compares to the string of incidents in 2007.The company's Fisher-Price brand out of China manufactured toys with 180 times the

Minyan Morning MemoOne to watch: Sara Lee (SLE) shares are in retreat after the supermarket staple reported a fiscal fourth quarter shortfall of $14 million. While the narrower loss ex-items act

Those accustomed to the personal touch Starbucks (SBUX) employees put into every Frappuccino are about to face a Venti disappointment. Scott Heydon -- th

1) Point of Recognition: Deflation and Real Rate Shock Hits CEOs"The point of recognition will soon be upon us. And this means people will begin to wake up to declining prices, increased savings

Battered consumers are trading down as the recession deepens. That's bad news for the economy, because consumer spending represents about two-thirds of the gross domestic product. Penny-pinching cons

Consumers to Pay More for Mac n’ Cheese According to the Financial Times, food companies in the U.S. are preparing for another round of price increases. Companies like Kraft Foods (KFT) and Sara

“Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be this hard.” --ColdplayAs last year drew to a close, we revisited our 2007 themes and weighed them in kind. Many of them came to fruit

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