Marketplace Scratch Pad

How does $789,000 sound to you? That's how much the average Goldman Sachs employee can expect to make this year. The bank is reportedly planning...

So says a report out today from the National Association for Business Economics. The survey of economists also predicts this won't be a double-dip...

A website that helps people in developing countries get small loans has opened its business to US entrepreneurs. It's an encouraging, non...

Good morning. Today, a New York Times budget memo, the price of drugs (legal and illegal) and the battle of the stand-up economists....

The hot web topic of the day seems to be: Is email headed for the graveyard? It was prompted by a Wall Street Journal article titled "Why Email...

I have someone I think you should meet. His message is this: Now is the time to cash in on your passions. And he's leading by example....

NPR had a story this morning that grabbed my attention. It's something I've thought about for years. Every time I go to the doctor, in fact....

Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. A few things to get the week started:...

This week on my podcast, After the Bell, I talk to Rolling Stone writer and blogger Matt Taibbi. We get into naked short selling a little, but...

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