Paul Krugman vs. Ben Bernanke: Is there a dangerous ‘hive-mind’ at the Fed?
The economy-focused corner of the web was enthralled this week by the “Battle of the Beards”: Paul Krugman vs. Ben Bernanke, says Paul La Monica at CNNMoney. The first salvo came Sunday, when Nobel-winning economist Krugman took Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke to task in The New York Times Magazine for being more timid in juicing More...
The first BP oil spill arrest: An instant guide
Almost exactly two years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig exploded, killing 11 people and eventually sending more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the Justice Department More...
Will anti-austerity voters kill the euro?
The European public is fed up with austerity. That’s the message that is caroming across the continent, as voters express their displeasure with sharp spending cuts that are meant to resolve Europe’s More...
Walmart’s Mexican bribery scandal: What’s next for the retail giant?
Walmart is reeling from a New York Times report that outlines a massive bribery scheme that allegedly allowed the company to grease its way to the top spot in Mexico’s retail industry. Worse still, the More...
Can Obama revive America’s manufacturing industry?
In his State of the Union address this year, President Obama promised to create “an economy built on American manufacturing,” and he has spent a lot of time touring factories across the country More...
Walmart’s explosive Mexican bribery scandal: A concise guide
Walmart isn’t just the largest retailer in the U.S. It’s also a commercial powerhouse and the largest private employer in Mexico, the jewel of its global business empire. However, Walmart didn’t More...
What happens if US Airways and American Airlines merge: 4 theories
US Airways has won the support of unions at the bankrupt American Airlines for a proposal to fold the two companies into one giant carrier, US Airways CEO Doug Parker said Friday. American’s parent company, More...
The ‘sharing economy’: The next big business trend
The biggest trend in the economy right now isn’t tech stocks or oil futures: It’s the sharing economy. Otherwise known as collaborative consumption or peer-to-peer marketplaces, the sharing economy More...
Is the office cubicle dead?
The office cubicle might be one of the most potent symbols of modern atomization, segregating individuals inside vast honeycomb structures. But workers could come to miss those flimsy, chest-high partitions, More...
BP oil spill: The ‘horribly mutated’ creatures living in the Gulf
Shrimp born without eyes, clawless crabs, and fish with visible tumors are among the “horribly mutated” marine animals found in the waters off the Gulf Coast, according to a new report from Al More...