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New homes are becoming a bad deal in weak markets

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new home, the dream of many would-be buyers, makes less and less financial sense in many […]

Oil tops $105 per barrel

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices pushed above $105 per barrel Tuesday, as traders focused on a series of international […]

Wealthy U.S. Individuals Invest in Commercial Property in Quest for Yield

By Margaret Collins, Bloomberg, When Sumeet Parekh bought a retail property in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood in January, individual investors provided […]

Two Kids’ Social Networking Sites Reported to Feds for Privacy Problems

Jorgen Wouters   The owner of two social networking sites intended for children, FBFkids.com (formerly Facebook for Kids.com), has been […]

Google’s code change shifts billions from losers to winners

  Google’s code change shifts billions from losers to winners By David Goldman, staff writerMarch 8, 2011: 12:07 PM ET […]

Trying to Connect With Customers? Tell a Story

Trying to Connect With Customers? Tell a Story By MP MUELLER The best part of writing for this blog is […]

Funds Find Opportunities in Volatility

  Minh Uong/The New York Times Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times Jason Adler, standing at desk, is a co-founder of […]

Goldman Will Repay Buffett His $5 Billion

Goldman Will Repay Buffett His $5 Billion By SUSANNE CRAIG Goldman Sachs, in moving to pay off an expensive 2008 […]

Bulletproof Your Portfolio Against Another Global Meltdown

From Chazen Global Insights website, Suppose you knew only one thing about a particular set of people: that they were […]

Food For Thought – March Market Commentary – Who let Nuclear Godzilla into this house party?

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstone Capital Management, The first few months of 2011 started off incredibly […]