Monthly Archives: August 2009

While Detroit has benefited from Cash for Clunkers, foreign automakers have gained even more.

Use any metaphor you want: the ticking clock, sands running through the hourglass or pages falling away from the calendar. The fact is, time is running out to claim the $8,000 first-time homebuyers tax credit.

For an academic from Dillon, S.C., Ben Bernanke is an unlikely gunslinger.

Summer’s over, and your PC is chock-full of new vacation pics. We’ve rounded up the smartest ways to share the good times — without spending a bundle.

Undeterred by the miniscule odds, people were lining up Friday for a chance to score the estimated $333 million Mega Millions jackpot.

The market keeps chugging along. But with speculative stocks like AIG and Vonage leading the way, you have to wonder if the rally won’t soon go off the rails like Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train. Ay-Ay-Ay!

Undeterred by the miniscule odds, people were lining up Friday for a chance to score the estimated $333 million Mega Millions jackpot.

A $9 trillion federal deficit over 10 years may be too hard to comprehend. But this part is easy: Such unwieldy amounts of debt could have an impact on Americans’ bottom line one way or the other — if not … Continue reading →

Stocks seesawed Friday as investors welcomed corporate news from Intel and Dell that signaled a bottom in the PC market, but mostly played it cautious after pushing the markets to 2009 highs in the previous session.