I’ve just explored two interesting lists. The first is a list of layoffs in 2008. The second is a list of CEO compensation in 2007. The two lists are related because for many of the companies on the first list which laid off employees in 2008, the second list details the companies’ CEO c...

I fear that President Obama’s first term could be eaten by Citigroup, A.I.G., Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and the whole housing/subprime credit bubble....

In their search for revenue, states are looking at such ideas as legalizing marijuana and taxing pornography....

California was one of the first states to enact legislation to tackle global warming. But the state is also proving how hard it can be to carry out such laws, especially now....

Investors are afraid and uncertain these days. Given how hard it is to determine true asset prices, they are being completely rational....

Historically black institutions have disadvantages when it comes to weathering hard times: smaller endowments and a higher proportion of students who are facing a credit crunch....

Just as office towers appreciated in value faster in Manhattan than elsewhere during the boom years, now their decline is outpacing the rest of the nation....

Even as clerks were still drafting the measure, a broad array of industries and interest groups scrambled to calculate winners and losers in the final stimulus deal....

It is hard to choose whether to save money as a cure for the spending free-for-all we used to indulge in, or to spend to stimulate the economy. But there are a few ways to help both your finances and the country’s....

With outrage over lavish events at bailed-out banks, the taint of being seen as wasteful during hard times is affecting corporate America in general....