Marketplace Scratch Pad

Hardly an hour goes by without another "wow" moment with the banks. I've got two of them for you. First of all, the Citigroup getting out of TARP...

They sound like names from Gulliver's Travels, but no, we're talking economic philosophy here. We probably need to rent a university auditorium...

Good morning. Here are a few things that have caught my attention so far:...

Imagine losing your job right before Christmas. Or put another way, just before the end of the season. Not the holiday season, the football...

It turns out the government is providing yet another assist to its problem child bank. An IRS exception will allow Citi to potentially benefit...

A fact I learned about Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke this morning: In school, he played saxophone in a four-man band called Fancy Pants. The band...

Good morning. We'll get the day started with these items, ranging from Tiger to ravioli to free coffee:...

Today, a company called FaithShares launched two new religion-based Exchange Traded Funds that will invest in Wall Street companies. An ETF is...

Interest rates are so low, they should be put on a slide and shipped off to a lab. The yield on one-month Treasury bills is 0.000%. That means...

There's no shortage of anti-Wall Street sentiment out there. Let's give it a rest for a moment and navel gaze. Perhaps it's not entirely accurate...