Economy

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke

Signs and Wonders: Wall Street heavyweights insist Bernanke stop giving away ‘free money’

Newsworthy |  Banker objections. Those of us opposed to Ben Bernanke’s quantitative easing scheme could take solace from a new report issued this week. Bloomberg is…

Trader John Liotti works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Dollars and Sense: Market movement continues to push toward record territory

Money |  Earning notice. Even though it’s still earnings season, earnings reports didn’t seem to drive the business news this week, or this quarter, for that…

Steve Forbes
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Moral markets

Q&A |  Americans are about to relearn the lesson, says Steve Forbes, that it is big government and not capitalism that causes economic instability

Paul Ryan

Midday Roundup: Paul Ryan now supports gay adoption

Newsworthy |  Flip flop? Rep. Paul Ryan appears to have softened his stance on gay adoption, according to reports from a town hall meeting he held earlier this week. Ryan,

Everett Dutschke stands in the street near his home in Tupelo, Miss.

Midday Roundup: FBI says second ricin letter arrest is the right one

Newsworthy |  Poison pen arrested. Over the weekend, federal investigators arrested the second man suspected of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, Sen.

Gold bars in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Gold rush going bust?

Money |  Gold prices rose slightly today after a precipitous plunge on Monday rattled precious metal investors around the world. The sell-off dropped prices 9.4…

People react as an explosion goes off near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.

Midday Roundup: A ‘heinous and cowardly act’ of terrorism

Newsworthy |  Boston update. President Barack Obama addressed the media shortly before noon today, giving a brief update on the investigation into yesterday’s bombings in…

A trader works the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday.

Dollars and Sense: Could the Dow reach 16,000, or even 17,000 by year’s end?

Money |  Earnings season. We’ve entered earnings season for the markets, as we do each quarter, and the news so far this week has been upbeat. Alcoa is a huge…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Midday Roundup: Two men confess to making McConnell recording

Newsworthy |  Confessing misdeeds. The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., reports two men have confessed to recording a campaign meeting at Senate Minority Leader Mitch…

Second Amendment supporters in Olympia, Wash., protest proposed gun control legislation.

Midday Roundup: Senate steamrolls GOP filibuster attempt

Newsworthy |  Open for debate. A Republican plan to filibuster proposed gun-control legislation in the Senate failed Thursday as Democrats lured enough legislators across…

The Fisker Karma

Midday Roundup: Another green initiative bleeds taxpayers dry

Newsworthy |  Money wasted. Another one of President Barack Obama’s “green” initiatives is dripping red. Fisker Automotive Inc., which received $193 million in…

A Muslim pilgrim is wheeled out of the Grand mosque after the noon prayer in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Globe Trot: Saudi Arabia mulls paralysis as criminal punishment

International |  April is the Month of Microfinance and today is the day every gift to Five Talents, one of many groups majoring in microfinance…

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