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Jan 30, 2009, 11:17 AM

The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago said Friday its business index decreased to 33.3 from 35.1 the prior month. Economists were expecting a less drastic... Read »

Perspective from the Spending Guru

Jan 30, 2009, 11:11 AM

The immensely popular TechCrunch blog features an outstanding guest column by the founder of Mint.com, Aaron Patzer. For those unfamiliar with Mint, it is a personal... Read »

Micro vs Macro

Jan 30, 2009, 10:18 AM

It’s been a bit of a weird month, hasn’t it? For Macro Man, the last couple of weeks have really dragged by (including the always-crushing error of mistaking... Read »

Jan 30, 2009, 10:17 AM

According to advance estimates released Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, US real gross domestic product decreased at an annual rate of 3.8% in the 4Q of... Read »

Jan 30, 2009, 10:00 AM

Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.5% from Sept-Dec 2008, seasonally adjusted, following three consecutive quarterly increases of 0.7%, the... Read »

Q4 GDP Tumbles, As Expected

Jan 30, 2009, 9:54 AM

Today’s report on last year’s fourth-quarter GDP wasn’t good. In fact, it was quite ugly. But it could have been a lot worse. Even so, the 3.8%... Read »

Jan 30, 2009, 9:50 AM

US researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago have for the first time reversed multiple sclerosis symptoms in early stage patients. A dose of their own stem... Read »

EUR/CHF on a Tear – The Swiss Are Going Crazy

Jan 30, 2009, 9:42 AM

The Swiss are going crazy because they can’t figure out what to do with their currency. Yesterday, EUR/CHF collapsed after SNB President Roth ruled out intervention.... Read »

Jan 30, 2009, 9:29 AM

Satyam Computer Services (SAY) said on Friday asset manager Fidelity Investments had raised its holding to 6.8%, potentially making it the second largest stakeholder.... Read »

Breaking Down Bernie Madoff – Part III

Jan 30, 2009, 3:06 AM

Curiousity got the best of me. So I started doing some searching on the electronic trading platform Bernie built. They called it Primex. Its an electronic auction... Read »

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