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Porsche-Volkswagen showdown looms

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:50:37 EDT

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Japan backs dollar as reserve currency

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:45:13 EDT

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Bacon entrepreneurs bring in the bucks

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:33:58 EDT

Tired of hearing that everything tastes like chicken? So are Seattle entrepreneurs Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow. They want it all to taste like bacon.

Oil below $66

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:46:52 EDT

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Small business lending falls sharply

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:00:15 EDT

Despite emergency stimulus measures, small business lending continues to fall. In the just-ended quarter, the Small Business Administration's flagship program backed 30% fewer loans than it did a year ago, and 55% fewer loans than it did in 2007, before the recession set in.

Health care: Will 'pay or play' chase employers away?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:54:29 EDT

It is one of the touchiest issues in the health care debate: Would a government-run health plan upend the employer-based health insurance system used by 160 million Americans?

Seven banks fail, pushing 2009 tally to 52

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:29:46 EDT

Seven banks were shut down by authorities Thursday, pushing the tally of failed banks for 2009 to 52, more than doubling the failures in 2008.

Oil's record high, one year later

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:31:12 EDT

One year ago, on July 3, 2008, oil prices settled at a record high -- a once-unthinkable $145.29 a barrel

Genetic sequencing gets personal

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:16:55 EDT

Price competition is coming to the rarified world of genome sequencing.

FDIC's tough terms for buyers of failed banks

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:43:17 EDT

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Unemployment survival guide

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:27 EDT

Unemployment hit 9.5 % today. Since the beginning of the year, almost 3 and a half million people have lost their jobs. And it's not just about losing a paycheck, it's also a way of life.

Taking a weed whacker to green shoots

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:01:40 EDT

It looks like someone may have sprayed a healthy dose of Ortho Weed B Gon on those economic green shoots.

The last thing consumers need: a new agency

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:52:14 EDT

In his latest astutely staged gesture as grand economic reformer, President Obama this week directed his Treasury Department to deliver to Congress a 153-page bill creating a new agency to protect unwitting consumers against devious lenders.

States fire shots in Internet sales tax war

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:58:11 EDT

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Mortgage rates slide

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:08:12 EDT

Home mortgage rates retreated last week, with the 30-year fixed slipping to 5.7% from 5.8% the week prior, according to a report from a financial data aggregator released Thursday.

Money train: The cost of high-speed rail

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:54:11 EDT

President Obama is pouring $13 billion into an ambitious high-speed rail project. Some say it will never make money. Some say it will. And still others say profit is not even the point.

GM awaits its fate as closing arguments end

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:53:32 EDT

Lawyers wrapped up their closing arguments in the GM bankruptcy case Thursday, opening the way for the judge to decide whether to approve or deny the sale of the automaker's assets to a "new GM."

Historic sites struggle during downturn

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:11:56 EDT

As the recession continues and Americans look for cheaper local summer getaways, historic sites are seeing visitor traffic tick up, and hope attendance will help them offset the painful drop in donations.

Dollar rises after jobs data

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:44:56 EDT

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Wesley Clark: Ethanol's field general

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:25:27 EDT

If ever there were an industry in need of a general, it's the ethanol industry. Already under siege from food companies blaming biofuels for rising grocery prices, ethanol companies are now seeing their profit margins crushed by falling prices for their product. Compounding the problem, many environmentalists -- who five minutes ago seemed to be in ethanol's corner -- have turned against the corn-based fuel.