Millions of people hold the world in their hand.Small wireless devices let them use e-mail, search the Internet and get the latest news.But lately the...
This week in Washington, the new chairman of the Federal Reserve made his first appearances before Congress. Ben Bernanke says the economy has perform...
The simplest form of business is called an individual proprietorship.The proprietor owns all the property of the business and is responsible for every...
A private deal to sell operations at six American ports to a government-owned company in Dubai has created a political storm.Lawmakers in Congress and...
For more than thirty years, Americans have used individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, to increase retirement savings.Today, there are several plans...
General Motors lost almost eleven thousand million dollars last year.Now the cost-cutting efforts of the world's largest automaker are gaining spe...
Most taxpayers have had enough income tax collected by their employers during the year.So they do not owe any more money.In fact, most Americans get s...
The main goal of the World Bank is to fight poverty.But, for almost ten years, the World Bank also has investigated financial crimes by government and...
Stock options are a way to profit from changes in the price of a stock without the need to buy the shares immediately.Stock options are agreements to ...
Many companies provide earnings guidance.They tell their shareholders how much they expect to earn in the future.Often companies report expected earni...