Twenty four Senators and 63 House Representatives have completely lost their minds over pork bellies. Apparently the free market doesn’t work, hog farmers aren’t making enough money, and

Have you got $221,190 tucked away? The US Department of Agriculture says that’s the cost of raising a child from birth to age 17 -- and that doesn’t include childbearing expenses or

Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high level financial positions with a retailer, home

Just what the world needs: 3 books on scam artist Bernie Madoff being rushed into print.Is there much we don’t know about Madoff’s Ponzi scheme or any devastating news in the offing? 

Potash (POT) lowered guidance this morning and the market’s anticipation and reaction may offer even better guidance about why. I have written about farmers being more confused than any other t

Some harried workers are trying to hide their lack of productivity in plain sight as they attempt to hold on to their jobs in an increasingly sour economy. The New York Times has a good story about r

I have an exact replica of my grandpa’s tractor, the Farmhall H, sitting on my desk. He never knew how much I learned from him and looked up to him and, if he were still around today, he wouldn

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

To drill or not to drill? What's good for offshore drillers such as Transocean (RIG), Noble Corporation (NE) and ENSCO (ESV) isn't necessarily good for consumers. Even a major oil discovery off the co