"Why Fannie and Freddie matterMore Videos This boarded-up, bank-owned home is on the market in Milwaukee. On the inside, that Milwaukee home has been picked clean. Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes...
"The hottest new business jetFortune's Sue Zesiger Callaway hops a ride on the Hawker 4000, a $21 million aircraft that boasts cutting-edge avionics. Plus: Jet etiquette.By Sue Zesiger CallawayAugust 15, 2008: 5:20 AM EDTTake a ride in the Hawker 4000More Videos CEO Jim...
Study finds that the majority of domestic and foreign corporations in the United States avoid paying federal income taxes."NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Nearly two-thirds of U.S. companies and 68% of foreign corporations do not pay federal income taxes, according to a...
Mr. Berlusconi (Mr. Untouchable) seems to be art lover. Believe it or not that is Mr. Berlusoni style."If there is any political leader on earth who would feel untroubled by the proximity of a lightly clad beauty,...
"NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared to a year earlier, according to a report from the Federal Highway Administration. The decline was the third-largest monthly drop since the agency, a division of the U.S. Department of...
Ford Motor Company today announced that they are going to be transforming their vehicle lineup due to the largest reported loss for the company in its 105 year history.Their stock also fell about 16% - which is a LOT...
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"Record gas and higher food prices drove inflation to the biggest annual jump since 1991 and fanned fears about growing pressures on consumers.The Labor Department reading on Wednesday is another sign, along with mounting job losses and declining home prices, of the economic...
"Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg used to bristle about how Apple was crowned a wireless success without earning the title. But with Apple announcing it sold 1 million 3G iPhone in just three days, the AT&T/Apple...
Homework for US Govt to find a solution..."The dollar sank to a new all-time low against the euro Tuesday as concerns about the health of the U.S. banking sector and economy deepened.The 15-nation euro rose as high...
"The maker of the King of Beers has agreed to go to work for the Belgian brewer InBev.Anheuser Busch Cos (BUD, Fortune 500). said early Monday it had agreed to a sweetened $52 billion takeover bid from Inbev, heading off what had promised to be a long and acrimonious fight...
This is an idea that will catch in many parts of the world especially for Catholic "first-communion" and "confirmation" as kids prefer getting cash."Mazel Tov! Israeli weddings introduce ATMs Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:51 A new...
[note: The word "fired" in this article is used very informally in service to the employment analogy later in the piece. It refers to the fact that the Marines chose to rescind Zoriah's access and unembed him due to a blog entry and some photographs he posted. Please...
"We are on a mission in Sadr City to inspect some of the checkpoints along the newly completed wall. The first part of the mission brings us to the infamous Jamilla Market, an outdoor stretch of shops and home to...
Looks like one of John McCain's advisors let loose a little too much "straight talk" in an article published yesterday in Fortune magazine, saying that a terrorist attack would be a blessing for the McCain campaign....
"James Dyson is working on a solar-powered car to match the success of his bagless vacuum cleaner. Engineers at the entrepreneur’s Wiltshire HQ are developing a lightweight electric motor that could power a family...