| GM launches Pontiac and Saturn fire sale
December 29, 2009 at 5:01 pm
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|  General Motors will offer auto dealers large incentives to move vehicles from its defunct Saturn and Pontiac brands in a sale that deeply discounts the cars' sticker prices. |
| 10 Best Places to find work
December 29, 2009 at 4:45 pm
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|  We looked at Money's top 100 Best Places to Live and found these lucky towns that also enjoy jobless rates far below the 10% national average. |
| Most hated company in iPhone land
December 29, 2009 at 4:42 pm
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|  Consumer outrage about AT&T's 3G service for iPhones is boiling over, but the dropped calls and spotty service are indicative of a greater lack of foresight in the wireless industry as a whole. |
| Nokia/Apple battle heats up
December 29, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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|  The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia launched a new patent broadside against Apple, escalating a battle for control of the smartphone market that has already led to a flurry of lawsuits. |
| Beware 2009's big stock winners
December 29, 2009 at 2:28 pm
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| Looking for a hot stock in 2010? You might want to avoid some of the biggest winners of 2009. |
| Fewer tax dollars for local governments
December 29, 2009 at 2:26 pm
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|  In another ominous sign for state budgets nationwide, state and local governments reported another drop in overall tax revenue on Tuesday. |
| Credit unions duke it out with banks
December 29, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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|  Had it with your bank this year? It's time to start fresh. Continuing with our Financial Resolution series, we'll show you how you can join a local credit union. |
| Stocks battle for lucky 7
December 29, 2009 at 11:53 am
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|  Stocks sputtered Tuesday near midday as investors struggled to extend a six-session, year-end winning streak that has left the major indexes at their highest point since the fall of 2008. |
| Can farming save Detroit?
December 29, 2009 at 11:51 am
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|  John Hantz is a wealthy money manager who lives in an older enclave of Detroit where all the houses are grand and not all of them are falling apart. Once a star stockbroker at American Express, he left 13 years ago to found his own firm. Today Hantz Financial Services has 20 offices in Michigan, Ohio, and Georgia, more than 500 employees, and $1.3 billion in assets under management. |
| Higher health care costs are coming
December 29, 2009 at 11:51 am
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|  Last month was open-enrollment season, and my wife and I got an unpleasant surprise. For 2010 we're looking at an annual health-insurance premium that's $1,600 higher than it is now, plus higher deductibles. Instead of flat co-pays, we'll pay co-insurance, a share of the total costs. And this is with a plan provided by a Fortune 500 company that still spends big bucks on relatively generous benefits. |
| Rockin' the perfect New Year's playlist
December 29, 2009 at 11:36 am
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| Too busy to channel your inner DJ? Here to help: a music subscription service that connects you to a community of hardcore music lovers. |
| Consumer confidence in 2nd straight boost
December 29, 2009 at 11:04 am
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|  A key measure of consumer confidence rose for a second straight month in December, a research group said Tuesday, with outlook for the next few months reaching a 2-year high. |
| Pouring cold water on tablet mania
December 29, 2009 at 10:33 am
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|  Gadget lovers are waiting with bated breath for the much-anticipated unveiling of the Apple tablet, but don't expect it to take the world by storm the way the iPod and iPhone did. |
| Bad news for housing: Prices flattening
December 29, 2009 at 10:20 am
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|  Home price gains of the past few months flattened out in October, according to a closely watched market report issued Tuesday. |
| Morgan Stanley said to mull pay changes
December 29, 2009 at 9:44 am
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|  Like other Wall Street firms, Morgan Stanley appears set to implement changes to its pay practices. |
| Farewell to an irreplaceable economist
December 29, 2009 at 9:01 am
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|  About 46 years ago when I was a sophomore at Columbia College, I took my first economics class. The teacher was C. Lowell Harriss, and the class was called "Money and Banking." Professor Harriss had been recommended to me highly by my parents, both economists, who had been classmates of Professor Harriss at the University of Chicago's graduate school of economics, from 1935 to 1937, at the peak of its greatness, when names like Jacob Viner and Frank Knight and Milton Friedman and Aaron Director and George Stigler were in the halls and classrooms. |
| Gift cards: Use 'em or lose money
December 29, 2009 at 8:23 am
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|  Got a gift card from Wal-Mart, Best Buy or American Express this holiday season? |
| More employers to boost hiring in 2010
December 29, 2009 at 8:21 am
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| Job seekers may get some reprieve in the new year, according to a study released by a job search company Tuesday. |
| Stocks looking for lucky 7th gain
December 29, 2009 at 6:16 am
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|  Stocks could extend a six-session, year-end winning streak Tuesday if early indications of a higher open carry through to the close. |
| iPhone sales accelerate in China
December 29, 2009 at 5:59 am
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| It took China Unicom (CHU), Apple's official Chinese carrier, 40 days to sell its first 100,000 iPhones and less than 20 to reach 300,000. |
| An American gondolier stays afloat
December 29, 2009 at 5:49 am
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|  Venice's canals aren't the only ones with gondolas. In Southern California, American gondolier Michael O'Toole is steering his fleet through the recession. | | | 
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