Wells Fargo to Pay Fannie Mae $591 Million over Loan Claims
Connected to the mortgage bubble
Economics
SEC Investigating Calif. Public Pension Fund Purchases
Allegations of possible insider trading
China's Massive Local Debts Stir Concerns
Municipalities within the country owe and estimated $3 trillion
Dozens of Federal Tax Breaks Set to Expire
But may be renewed retroactively, as they are every year, creating all sorts of business uncertainty
French Constitutional Council Approves 75 Percent Tax on the Wealthy
What could possibly go wrong?
Al Qaeda Keeps Careful Track of its Members' Expenses
Recipts kept for small purchases, such as mustard
Minimum Wage To Increases in 13 States on Jan. 1
New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island among those to see the highest increase
The Moral Case for Freedom Is the Practical Case for Freedom
The division of human life into the moral and the practical is of recent vintage.
IBM: 19 Percent of Online Holiday Purchases Done on Tablet, 9 Percent on Smartphones
Smartphones and tablets accounted for nearly half off total online holiday traffic
Poll: Nearly 70 Percent of Americans Believe Economy in Bad Shape
What did they expect of all the government intervention?
Japan Moves Close to Escaping Deflation
More than half way to meeting central bank's 2015 inflation goal
Does the Bell Toll for Excessive Public Pay?
Increasingly, the public may be seeing that the problem isn't a handful of officials who illegally gamed the system, but a system that allows a powerful minority to legally game the majority.
Veterans and Lawmakers Pushing To Prevent Military Benefits Cuts
Obama signed the spending bill implementing the changes yesterday
What Does Government Do When People Start Living Healthier? Tax That, Too, Obviously.
Cyclists eyed as potential new revenue sources
Glitch Causes Delta to Temporarily Offer Absurdly Low Ticket Prices
Airline will honor them
Could a Traditional Car Company Acquire Tesla?
How quickly would GM run it into the ground?
Banks Agree to Debt Deal with Detroit
Will cut $55 million from contract that is immune to bankruptcy re-negotiations
Crowdsourcing Social Problems
Using distributed technology to tackle society's most intractable challenges.
Banks Could Sue Target Over Credit Card Breach
To help pay for the costs incurred cleaning up after the hacking mess
Apple Deal with China Leads to Wall Street Surge
Company made distribution deal with China Mobile
New Health Insurance Buyers Face Potential Sticker Shock
May be focusing on just the premiums and don't notice the deductibles
British Economy Growing Faster Than Expected
Estimated annual growth rate raised from 1.5 percent to 1.9 percent
Let Money Talk
The Supreme Court should abandon the dubious distinction between campaign spending and campaign contributions.
