Thank you very much Census Bureau for the letter that arrived in our snail mail box last week alerting us that in another week or so, we'll be getting more mail from you. This next delivery will be a 2010 Census form which, encourag...

Wall Street Cheat Sheet submits: Sunday is the NCAA tournament bracket selection show on CBS. So, with March Madness in the air, I thought I would take a page out of David Letterman’s book and highlight a CBS Top Ten for you:10) CBS...

Tom Armistead submits:Aceto Corporation (ACET), at a recent price of 6.02, is a good quality small cap that lately has experienced some issues, manifesting as a sudden decrease in revenue followed by the departure of a long term CEO...

TechCrunch submits: By Sarah LacyLast time I was in India I wrote about the amazing business model innovation that had allowed telecom operators to make money on a paltry $6 a month per average user. That compares to a desired aver...

Tom Brown submits: We met privately with the management of Synovus Financial (SNV) earlier this week at the company’s headquarters in Columbus, Georgia—and came away more convinced than ever a credit recovery is on track at Synovus ...

Today, in lieu of a cartoon today, let's take a look at an article that belongs in The Onion, or the back page of the Sunday Funnies.The only problem is the author is dead serious. Please consider In Defense of DeficitsIn Defense of...

It turns out that more states and localities are considering a soda tax to raise money fight obesity. For a laugh, check out The Onion’s coverage. Similar Posts: NY Closer to Soda Tax? Sweet, Sweet Taxes Don’t be too smug, Colorad...

According to a quasi-scientific analysis conducted by Investor Village’s AAPL Sanity board and reported on by CNN, it is estimated that Apple (AAPL) sold 119,987 iPads on the first day of pre-orders. This is relatively consistent wi...

Michael Lewis, author of one of the defining books about Wall Street excess, "Liar's Poker," told 60 Minutes that bonuses at banks bailed out by...

New Zealand revealed stronger retail sales figures for the month of January. Headline retail sales rose 0.8% from December on a seasonally adjusted basis, beating consensus estimates for 0.5%, and better than a revised -0.4% in D...

Products and Services, Small BusinessPeople who have the entrepreneurial spirit are familiar with the unique adrenaline rush that comes from the live-or-die risk of starting a business. For many, small business is a way...

Best Undergrad College Degrees By Salary MethodologyAnnual pay for Bachelors graduates without higher degrees. Typical starting graduates have 2 years of experience; mid-career have 15 years. See... [[ This is a content summary ...

A couple of days ago, I was watching a presentation by a very successful business building consultant and he said something that prompted me to write this article.  Why?  Because the very same success tip he talked about has allowed...

Robert Shiller: A Crisis of Understanding, by Robert J. Shiller, Commentary, Project Syndicate: Few economists predicted the current economic crisis, and there is little agreement among them about its ultimate causes. So, not surpri...

Thanks to dating sites, we have a great way to gather data about the human condition without having to write grant proposals to the National Science Foundation. I first became aware of this bastion of data when OK Cupid announced th...

In Brad Stone and Miguel Helft's NYT piece on Apple and Google, they say Apple's feud with Google can be reduced to one key point of tension: The iPhone versus Android: At the heart of their dispute is a sense of betrayal: Mr. Jobs...

Fun fact of the day: MIT releases its undergraduate admission decisions at 1:59 pm today.  (That is, at 3.14159)....

If you are working in the real estate business this sentence should scare the hell our of you. About 5 million to 7 million properties are potentially eligible for foreclosure but have not yet been repossessed and put up for sale....

Right now, you should be particularly wary of these companies. ...