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Making the Internet "leakier"

Oct 9, 2009
There's a website called Wikileaks.org, which has published 1.2 million sensitive documents. Wikileaks has a plan to make it easier for...

What the world needs now

Oct 9, 2009
Yeah, I get that the economy needs as much activity as possible to gain momentum. For retailers, that means extra measures this year -- deep early...

Morning Reading

Oct 9, 2009
Good Friday to you. Among this morning's items, the most hated rally in Wall Street history, monopoly money, and the blob:...

The chicken or the egg?

Oct 8, 2009
The economic numbers out this week seem to paint a pretty clear picture. Economic activity is picking up. A little. In the third quarter, there...

Not leavin' on a jet plane

Oct 8, 2009
A new study says long flight delays are twice as common as they were 20 years ago. And as the economy improves, the aggravation of flying will...

Who has Geithner's ear

Oct 8, 2009
We've talked a lot about the potentially inappropriate ties between Wall Street and the government. A look at the Treasury Secretary's appointment...

Morning Reading

Oct 8, 2009
Good morning. Nothing too hard-hitting today so far, but some good things to read nonetheless. Starting with -- did you know, they're opening a...

The death of California?

Oct 7, 2009
It's weird. A colleague and I were chatting today, and he wondered aloud whether California might fail. I chuckled a sad chuckle. But just now,...

Will that be debit or credit?

Oct 7, 2009
The Fed says revolving credit (see also: credit cards) had a big drop off this summer, more than 8% on an annual basis. Meanwhile, debit card...

AIG's new chief

Oct 7, 2009
His name is Bob Benmosche. He's been CEO of AIG for about two months now. And so far, he isn't making many friends, let me tell ya....