Economics
Caterpillar Cutting 1,400 Jobs at Plant in Europe
Cites high labor costs, slow growth in European market
Obama Sounds a False Alarm Over Sequestration
Even if the cuts come to pass, Obama's job is to make the executive branch of the federal government work.
Opinion: Entrepreneurialism Thrives Even as Crony Capitalism Fades
Everybody wants to start a business
Germany Considers Adopting a Minimum Wage
Note that the healthiest economy in the Eurozone doesn't have one
Public Pension Managers Shine Some Sunlight on Crisis with Hawaiian Vacation
Just say "aloha" to those terrible return numbers
Federal Government Assigns Itself the Task of Reviving Manufacturing
Because it's so good at picking winners
Eric Holder and Prison Guard Unions Agree: Sequestration Would Do Too Much Harm to the Prison Industrial Complex
Guards who will soon experience brief furloughs want to know, "Why aren't the inmates suffering more?"
Elizabeth Warren to Ben Bernanke: Big Banks Should Pay for Being Too Big to Fail
Bloomberg News recently valued big banks' cheaper borrowing rates because they're too big to fail at $83 billion a year
Poll: Most Voters Think Raising Taxes Will Hurt the Economy
Only 27 percent think cuts will hurt
Libertarians' Awkward Bedfellows
Coulter's comments may have been harsh, but she has a point.
Obama to Meet With House and Senate Leaders Friday
Last ditch effort to avoid spending cuts
New York Mets Team Up With Amway
Amway paid a $150 million settlement after being accused of a pyramid scheme; the Mets previously lost money with Bernie Madoff
Politically Motivated Investment Guidelines Making Bad Public Pension Programs Worse
Even as funds lose money, leaders call for decisions based on politics, not success
Economists Say Government Hurts Economy With Policy Uncertainty
Businesses stay on the sidelines rather than risk a shifting environment
Moving Companies Often Must Get Competitors' Permission To Operate
Convenient, if you're already established
America in Denial as Fiscal Tsunami Approaches
It's not just Congress that needs to change its expectations.
Bernanke Defends Fed's Asset Purchases
Made the comments while testifying before the Senate Banking Committee
GOP Senator Says Boehner May Lose Speakership
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson says if the speaker agrees to new tax revenues his job could be on the line
