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Grosser than gross

Jan 11, 2010
Today, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo asked eight major banks to give him the details of their bonus payouts. Cuomo wants to see if the...

One world, one beer company?

Jan 11, 2010
We'll be talking brews tonight on Marketplace, and there's nothing wrong with that. Today, Heineken announced plans to buy the Mexican brewery...

Pass (on) the salt

Jan 11, 2010
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg -- otherwise known as "Food-Nanny Mike" -- announced another health initiative today. Now he wants to reduce the...

Morning Reading

Jan 11, 2010
Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. A few items to get the week started:...

What a jobless recovery looks like

Jan 8, 2010
The job market's recovery is like waiting for Santa Claus to arrive or the doctor to come into your room. It feels like it's never going to happen...

The recession as consumer therapy

Jan 8, 2010
I read a column this week that discussed our new age of frugality. It asked whether companies that made huge profits from Americans' previously...

Will we get some answers?

Jan 8, 2010
Next week, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission begins almost a year's worth of public hearings to try and understand what cause our economic...

Porn and technology: Always together

Jan 7, 2010
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is underway once again in Las Vegas, and as usual, there's another national convention going on right next...

The credit card battlefield

Jan 7, 2010
Make no mistake about it. This is war, what's going on between credit card companies and their customers. If you're not paying attention, you...