Rallies -- and rally monkeys -- were all the rage yesterday as major markets reached new 2009 peaks, a performance which played particularly well in Peoria with hometown hero Caterpillar (CAT) (

In 1976, Life Savers introduced what would quickly become the country’s most-popular chewing gum, Bubble Yum -- selling 300 million packs in just its first 15 months on the market. About a year

If the boom times have their own celebrities, then so do the busts. Along with this recession comes Clara Cannucciari, a 93-year-old grandmother and star of Great Depression Cooking, a web series on

In his small shoe-repair store near the end of Wall Street, Minas Polychronakis is something of a neighborhood sage. He and his shop -- the one with the neon shoe in the window -- certainly stan

Sacramento -- California's capital and once the site of the Unabomber's mayhem -- played host to a new breed of crooks: food buyers. Two geniuses pleaded guilty in US District Court in Sacramento to

One great thing to do with your kids is use real-life money situations and your world as your classroom. Think of a trip to the grocery store as a field trip.Most working parents devote at least part

Hello from New York, where I slept fitfully last night, trying to reconcile the fact that we're becoming socialists with the reality that socializing is bullish for a trade. Being long a "system

Hello from New York, where I'm taking the day off from TV. And bathing. And pretty much everything except watching The Blues Brothers, blowing my nose and doing some stretching to offset the suddenly

Understanding the complexities of the current economic climate can be a challenge. That’s why simple analogies like the one President Bush offered earlier this month are useful. “Wall Stre

Monkey? I’m a gorilla you clown! The bovine tone from yesterday—the "higher low" vibe we shared—continues, at least for the time being.  "Tr