Marketplace Scratch Pad

Yesterday, I mentioned a book coming out next week called "House of Cards." It's about the collapse of Bear Stearns. Another excerpt was...

I did, just now, sitting at my desk. I wrote the script, cast it and directed it. And you can make one too at the site xtranormal.com. Their...

The more I read and think about AIG, the closer I get to having a conniption. Even Bernanke said it yesterday: nothing makes him angrier than the...

The latest car sales numbers just came in, and they truly are bad enough to make a grown man cry. GM and Ford sales fell by half in February. At...

I felt like I was watching a bad horror movie this morning as Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress. Bernanke said the government...

There's an ugly, human thread that runs through all of the collapses and fraud on Wall Street. Two items I read this morning point it out clearly....

Man, the bad economic news just beats you down doesn't it? Today was especially dispiriting because... well, you know what? I'm declaring safe...

I remember vividly my first day taking a class on Soviet politics in college. The class began in August, 1991. The Soviet Union was collapsing...

Q: What happens to money when you throw it into a fire? A: The same thing that happens when you give it to AIG. Today's 4th bailout of the...

A new research paper suggests immigrants are leaving the US to return to their home countries -- mainly because of the job market rather than...