Duncan: I know I’ll make this point a billion times before this is all over, but there’s a difference between thinking that well run financial intermediaries (which, in theory, competition will create) are necessary for a modern economy and believing that the semi-oligopolistic system of...

Apparently the Republicans really did shrink government down so they could drown it. Nice work, Bushie! It might make more sense to outsource some of the oversight to state agencies, which could really use the influx of new staff: The Obama administration’s economic stimulus plan could end up ...

Don’t count on your credit card to see you through: ‘The U.S. credit card industry may pull back well over $2 trillion of lines over the next 18 months due to risk aversion and regulatory changes, leading to sharp declines in consumer spending, prominent banking analyst Meredith Whitney ...

Remember when the Postal Service actually did its job? In interviews with the Daily News, postal service employees and a manager have described chaotic conditions in the chronically understaffed plant, which processes nearly six million pieces of mail a day on Lindbergh Boulevard near Island Avenue....

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Geeze, talk about bad customer service. They work on the wrong body part and still charge you? I’m shocked they have the balls: Hospitals and doctors who operate on the wrong limb or give a dangerous dose of medication will no longer be able to bill the state of Massachusetts or its largest pr...

Q: My comment has been deleted or wasn’t instantly approved. Does this mean that this site is part a grand conspiracy to silence me and my millionaire candidate? A: No. Q: Nobody has responded to my intense and thought provoking comment. Does this mean that everybody who reads this site is too...

When even Republican evangelicals get it, why don’t our politicians? This especially resonates with me today because I have to go to battle with my insurance company. I need an MRI on my ankle, which most likely has a protruding bone chip from when I sprained it in September. (It’s gotte...

This is, of course, the logical outcome of the Republican philosophy of continued tax cuts, deregulation and self-reporting. And now it’s time to pay for it: Air travelers, whose plans have already been disrupted by thousands of canceled flights recently, may face continued chaos in coming wee...