A controversial investment fund run by a former Microsoft executive just added more fuel to the tech industry’s runaway patent wars by filing a new suit against AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.
Don’t Look Now — But You’ve Already Been Enrolled in an IRA Savings Plan
Automatic enrollment in 401(k) plans has been such a success that a lot of people want to duplicate it with IRAs. Proposals that would require employers to establish automatic payroll deductions for IRAs have been kicking around …
Occupy the SEC: Moving From the Campsite to the Weeds of Regulatory Reform
The surest way to rankle a supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement is to repeat the common claim that the movement has no defined goals, a criticism that has dogged the group since its inception. But last week an offshoot of …
Are the Money-Saving Strategies on ‘Extreme Couponing’ Bogus?
If you’ve ever watched the TLC show “Extreme Couponing,” at some point you probably thought something along the lines of: $500 worth of groceries for $6.79? There’s no way things could work this way in real life. At least in the …
Castles in Need of a Lord
Is It Time to Start Worrying About Inflation Again?
The greatest threat to any long-term investor is inflation. It not only erodes the value of stocks and bonds, but also depresses economic growth and misleads policymakers.
Just Lin the Knick of Time: MSG and Time Warner Cable Resolve Dispute
Linsanity has no place in the corporate boardroom — only on the hardwood.
Time Warner Cable and MSG Network have resolved the feud that caused over two million cable viewers in the Big Apple to be deprived of New York Knicks …
Why the Wireless Spectrum Deal is a Win for Consumers and Industry
Who says Congress never gets anything done? Pressed into action by the ongoing budget crunch, lawmakers have agreed to let the federal government raise as much as $25 billion by auctioning off valuable wireless spectrum, …
Post Office Wants to Raise Prices 11%, to 50¢ per Stamp
By 2015, the U.S. Postal Service says it could be losing $18.2 billion annually. To stop the bleeding, it has proposed several money-saving strategies, including closing hundreds of post offices and processing facilities, …
Media’s Gender Gap: Where My Girls At?
The representation of women in U.S. newsrooms is weak. The media industry is overwhelmingly male, and according to a report released this week by The Women’s Media Center, female representation in the press is declining.
Whitney Houston’s 12,000-Sq.-Ft. N.J. Mansion on the Market for $1.75 Million
We all know what the death of a famous singer can do for music and memorabilia sales. Have sexy times with it. Young boy sexy times. Just look at Michael Jackson, or much more recently, Whitney Houston. In the days after Houston …
Big Banks Accused of Manipulating Key Interest Rates
Just what banking industry needs – another scandal. The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Canada’s Competition Bureau is investigating several multinational banks regarding allegations that traders attempted to manipulate a key benchmark interest rate that is used to set prices on a wide array of financial products from …