Marketplace Scratch Pad

Thought you might like an update on one our recent hot topics. The government looks to be cracking down on incentive pay for recruiters at these...

Good morning. Let's get started with these items:...

The government says TARP won't cost the taxpayers as much as original estimates. Seems like a pretty good deal if TARP indeed helped save the...

There's no end in sight to the battle between the government and the private sector over bonuses and benefits. A group of executives at AIG have...

If you have questions that haven't been answered here, I'd like to point out a new collaboration in the public media world. The Economy Story...

With apologies to the NPR blog, I just thought it an appropriate title for this topic. I've been doing a lot of reading on the climate change...

Good morning. Hope you had an excellent weekend. A few items to start the week:...

In South Africa today, they drew the match-ups for the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament. 32 countries. 8 groups. Charlize Theron. David Beckham...

This morning, the Federal Communications Commission sent a letter to Verizon Wireless asking the company: What's up with doubling the penalties...

One of the hottest topics on the blog lately has been the proposal to tax Wall Street transactions such as stock trades. At first, I thought this...