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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was supposed to testify on Capitol Hill today about the Fed's "exit strategy." But like everyone else in the...

Have you seen Toyota's new TV ad? It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, like I was watching the end of the 1986 film "Gung Ho". Remember...

Good morning. Here's what I've seen so far -- The eharmony of job search websites, an interesting tale from Uruguay and Greece and the case...

I read an article in the New York Times which points out the difficult task the SEC faces in trying to stay ahead of Wall Street. It reads like...

Just when you thought health care reform was dead in Congress, along comes Anthem Blue Cross. The insurance company and its parent, Wellpoint, are...

If you've ever flown a "puddle-jumper," you might want to catch the Frontline documentary, Flying Cheap, tonight on PBS. Correspondent Miles O...

Good morning. A few things to start the day: Maybe the US needs to lose its AAA credit rating, California needs to learn that Social Security...

The R&D departments at the big banks are still experimenting in their laboratories. The latest idea for financial "innovation" comes from...

Perhaps we can contribute to the growing collection of one-liners about the economy. You don't even need to use your imagination. I've come up...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will tell Congress this week how the Fed plans to diffuse the $1 trillion bomb ticking away inside the banks....