Filed under: Products and services, Microsoft (MSFT), Marketing and advertising, CBS Corp 'B' (CBS) With all the gloom in the global economy, I got to wondering whether there is anything else going on in the world of business. I'm looking for growth because I think that's what will ultimately bring ...

Filed under: Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), Stocks to Buy With this morning's news that Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) expects to lose $5 billion in its current fiscal year -- three times more than the $1.6 billion loss it originally predicted, this would hardly seem to be the time to be thinking about inv...

Filed under: Boeing Co (BA) Last fall, Boeing's 27,000 machinists went on strike for 52 days. Not surprisingly, this put a crimp in Boeing's ability to meet its production schedule. Until today, it was hard to know just how much damage that strike did. Now we know that Boeing's 2008 aircraft deliver...

Filed under: Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Entrepreneurs, Recession This post is part of our feature on Money Losers of 2008 . See all 20. Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson's fortune has fallen $24 billion since the beginning of 2008 as shares of his Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) have dropped 95% during the year ...

Filed under: Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Morgan Stanley (MS), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Wells Fargo (WFC) Wonder what happened to the hard earned money you paid in taxes? I can't account for all of it but $540 billion that went to six financial institutions is being...

Filed under: Management, Competitive strategy, Scandals Ever since the $50 billion Madoff Securities Ponzi scheme came to light, I have been wondering whether there are others out there that have yet to be discovered. While the facts of how Madoff was able to keep his scheme going remain elusive, it...

Filed under: Marketing and advertising, Scandals, Entrepreneurs, Presidential elections This post is part of AOL Money & Finance's Best & Worst in Money 2008 feature. I am not familiar with Vince Offer so this is not a fair ranking; however, based on who got the biggest 15 minutes of fame an...

Filed under: Bad news, Economic data, Politics, Recession, Financial Crisis Harvard reports that the value of its endowment has declined $8 billion between the end of June 2008 through October 2008. That would make Harvard's endowment worth 22% less than at the end of June, or $26.9 billion -- but i...

Filed under: Politics, Recession, Financial Crisis George W. Bush is beginning to realize he made some mighty big mistakes. He admitted today that he's sorry the stock market and economy have collapsed because it happened under his watch. And he thinks that there was an intelligence failure when it ...

Filed under: Google (GOOG), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Sears Holdings (SHLD), Oracle Corp (ORCL), Las Vegas Sands (LVS) As we begin the trek to grandmother's house, it's worth reflecting on what we have to be thankful for. The answer? When it comes to money, most of us have a lot less than we did a...