Ursula M. Burns graduated from college nearly 30 years ago, when “women CEOs were non-existent” and “black women CEOs were unimaginable,” as she told this spring's graduating

In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, Michael Dell made it clear that he's not done shopping. Just off the announcement of a $3.9 billion deal to buy Perot Systems (PER), Dell (DELL) wants to ma

Editors Note: Welcome to Love It or Hate It, a regular dual-column feature that will capture the love-hate relationship America has with some of its biggest, most controversial companies. For past co

I don’t think there’s any question that Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone redefined the smartphone market two years ago. More importantly, in doing so, it blindsided the competition. Since that

I’d like to discuss human nature and the paper we call money from a slightly different perspective. I was recently thinking about what's transpired in this country in the last decade: First the

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After hitting 11-month highs on Tuesday, stocks slipped in subsequent sessions and ended with their steepest weekly drop since July. The Lost Symbol won big at bookstores but tickers everywhere tanke

A year after investors lost their shirts, a bank paid $132 million to outfit a soccer team. Modest gains helped many major markets hit fresh ‘09 highs; the ghosts of twelve months ago are obvio

Van Hoisington and Lacy Hunt have figured out what few others have; namely, that excessive debt and falling asset prices have conspired to render the best efforts of the Federal Reserve impotent.Plea

Minyan Morning Memo One to Watch: Microsoft (MSFT) is out with earnings after the close, the second time in two days I’ve selected a stock from Washington state. Starbucks (SBUX) resp