Friday, February 29, 2008

Pelosi calls for grand jury to investigate key Bush staffers



House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a grand jury investigation into whether President Bush's chief of staff and former counsel should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.

'The Economist' Scores the Debate for Obama!



IT HARDLY seems possible, but there have been no fewer than 20 televised debates in the long struggle to settle the Democratic nomination. The latest was in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday February 26th. For Hillary Clinton it represented a final chance to unsettle Barack Obama ahead of the next round of primaries, and she failed.

More people are tapping their 401(k) for cash



Trent Charlton poses inside his Irvine, Calif. home, Friday, Feb. 15, 2008.  Charlton, a 40-year-old account executive at a trucking company in Irvine, Calif., said he was aware of the risks when he withdrew $10,000 from his 401(k), cutting his retirement savings in half. Trent Charlton knew the risks when he borrowed $10,000 from his 401(k) and cut his retirement savings in half.




Thursday, February 28, 2008

Answer Desk: A hostile takeover playbook



If Microsoft has the cash to buy rival Yahoo, why can’t it just call up a stock broker and? buy? all of Yahoo's stock? The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com's John W. Schoen.

A Sit-Down with Warren Buffett - Thoughts on Business



Noted from a Q & A at Emory's Goizueta Business School with (according to Forbes) the world's second richest man, Warren Buffet.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Hollywood's Greatest On-Screen Pairs



When the right chemistry is in place, one plus one equals big box office hit.

The most overpriced suburbs in America



371736 16: A resident of a gated community in West Palm Beach, FL, watches an alligator that had been a nuisance to her community June 27, 2000 and will soon be killed. (Photo by Robert King/Newsmakers)While many of the nation's homeowners are worried about falling home prices, others would argue they're not falling fast enough.