Wonders with skepticism what kind of deal with Microsoft is in store for Yahoo! now that Jerry Yang will step down as chief executive.
1 minute ago from web
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Following the Big Three automakers, as their chief executive officers come cap-in-hand to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a hearing.
about 16 hours ago from web
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The lead-time involved with the $25 billion Department of Energy loan program for the Big Three is too long to be of immediate assistance.
about 20 hours ago from web
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Proposed $25 billion bailout of GM, Ford, and Chrysler is unlikely to last long, given their current combined monthly cash drain.
about 20 hours ago from web
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Marc Forster's "Quantum of Solace" is a more entertaining Bond movie than described by Joe Morgenstern's review in the Wall Street Journal.
about 22 hours ago from web
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Hillary Clinton wants the top State Department job. Question: How many problems will be caused by Bill Clinton's foreign business dealings?
about 22 hours ago from web
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Spared a criminal charge, Eliot Spitzer is now re-emerging to offer advice on how to re-regulate Wall Street. But is anyone listening?
about 24 hours ago from web
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Dismayed that UAW President Ron Gettelfinger is living in cloud-cuckoo-land in refusing more concessions, as the Big 3 teeter on collapse.
10:39 AM Nov 15th from web
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"I do think it is really important that we send out a signal today that protectionism would be the road to ruin." ~ Gordon Brown, British PM
9:16 AM Nov 15th from web
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“The people on Wall Street never claimed to be public servants. They took no oath of office. They're in it for the money." ~ P.J. O’Rourke
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9:09 AM Nov 15th from web
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Following the Russian parliament's vote to approve constitutional changes extending presidential term length: Vladimir Putin for President?
9:15 AM Nov 14th from web
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Wonders how to fix General Motors, if GM currently spends say $15,000 to build a car and Toyota $13,000 to build the equivalent?
5:47 AM Nov 14th from web
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Wondering if this weekend's economic summit is actually a celebration by European leaders to mark the end of the Bush era?
5:38 AM Nov 14th from web
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Wonders how President Bush can argue: "The crisis was not a failure of the free market system." What then caused the crisis?
1:37 PM Nov 13th from web
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Wonders who is overseeing the federal bailout because the independent oversight posts established by Congress remain unfilled.
8:21 AM Nov 13th from web
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Relieved to note that Senator Ted Stevens appears to be failing in his bid to become the first convicted felon elected to the U.S. Senate.
6:27 AM Nov 13th from web
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Wall Street is unhappy that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has now backed away from the proposal to buy bad assets from banks.
1:10 PM Nov 12th from web
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Wonders why former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has not been criminally prosecuted, while others involved have been given jail sentences?
9:54 AM Nov 12th from web
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Question: Can North Carolina Senator John Edwards stage a comeback? Answer: I hope not.
6:44 AM Nov 12th from web
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Following news of NASA's Spirit rover, which has been exploring Mars for 5 years but is now low on power due to Martian dust storms.
5:41 AM Nov 12th from web
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