Easy money
Easy money: "Find your money on the Internet." Sounds like the latest attractive proposal via e-mail from Dr. Morris Elofu, Esq., chairman of the Investigations and Debt Settlement Committee of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Shrimping Stimulus Funds
If the federal government gave you a one-page application and said to you: "Fill this out and we'll give you $4,000." You'd probably just ask where to sign. Easy money, right? This is the dilemma many shrimpers are facing. It sounds too easy. "It's just a matter of spending the time to go through what you need to go through to receive this money," Larry Thibodeaux says. Thibodeaux is the ...
Banks' hard sell: Opt in for more overdraft fees
Banking industry consultant ActonFS.com is running a countdown clock to remind banks of the looming deadline. You didn't think banks would forgo billions of dollars in overdraft fee revenue without a fight, did you?
Fed officials clash on need for more stimulus
Federal Reserve officials clashed on Thursday over whether the central bank should be more aggressive in supporting the stumbling economy and one said the Fed's current policy may be contributing to worryingly low levels of inflation.
Break out the ticker tape
Political science 101: Transcripts of recollections by three Labor prime ministers on the shaping of certain political phenomena.
Poor Little CEOs
Government largesse is never enough.
WRAPUP 1-Fed officials clash on need for more stimulus
WRAPUP 1-Fed officials clash on need for more stimulus
500,000 free Expo tickets unused
SHANGHAI - Half a million complimentary Expo tickets, which expire in three days, remain unused despite the public's relentless fervor toward the extravagant fair.
Breaking Down the Housing Policy Debate
It's becoming a hot topic in Washington and should even concern taxpayers who don't own a home. Fannie Mae - Freddie Mac - United States - Real estate - George Mason University
BPs Future May Be Decided in Russia
As BP CEO Tony Hayward clears his desk from St. Jamess Square in London, Robert Dudley is getting ready to take his place, effective Oct. 1. The rationale is clear: BP wants an American to take care of its U.S. assets. But in the end, this could prove to be misguided.
