Daily Brief

Small-Business Leader Says Obama Plan Is Misdirected

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:54:00 UTC

Economist warns that small-business confidence has stalled.

Toyota Recalling Priuses

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:05:00 UTC

The number one automaker faces further quality problems, this time with the braking system on Priuses. It has issued an expected recall of the 2010 model.

The Odd Couple

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:45:00 UTC

John Thain and CIT are the Oscar and Felix of finance, but this marriage just might work.

Plant Blast Kills At Least Five

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:30:00 UTC

Uncertainty hovers over Connecticut power plant blast. How many people were on the site when a gas line blew?

A For-Profit Tea Party

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:09:00 UTC

Mark Skoda, one of the conventions’ leaders offered no apologies today for the “for profit” designation. “Have we grown so much into socialist culture that people criticize a for-profit event? We put thousands of our dollars into the Gaylord Hotel and the Nashville economy! We didn’t ask for a tax benefit, or tax break, or subsidy! Just because this is grassroots doesn't mean I have to dress in cloth and beg for alms…I shouldn't be punished just because I choose to be successful."

Comcast, NBC Execs Defend Merger

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:11:00 UTC

Bosses from the network and the cable giant were on hand before Congress to claim Comcast's purchase of NBC makes sense for consumers.

Sovereign Risk

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:12:00 UTC

The trouble in Greece highlights systemic financial risk at the sovereign level. No one is immune, not even the U.S.

Smith & Wollensky's Stimulus

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:25:00 UTC

Steak house offers sirloins for stock, but why stop there? Surely a number of other investments can be flipped for something in trade.

Toyota Problems Pile Up

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:01:00 UTC

As if its accelerator recall weren't bad enough news. Now the world's largest automaker has to contend with potential brake problems in its Prius.

Odds Are In: Cars, Beer, and Women Will Dominate Super Bowl Ads. Again.

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:12:00 UTC

Bookmaker.com lays odds on this year's most popular Super Bowl ads. Least favored to win: the U.S. Census Bureau.