Lizzie O'Leary

Emerging markets are starting off 2014 in the worst place they've been in 5 years. A new study says more than half of Americans are fuzzy on the deadline for signing up for health insurance. And, some charter schools see a benefit to pulling students from both sides of the tracks.

Have $2500 to spare? Might we suggest sitting on the last row at the Super Bowl?

The big banks are telling young workers they're required to take time off, as some talent leaves Wall Street for tech or other fields.

Leigh Gallagher, of Fortune Magazine, and Felix Salmon, of Reuters, say that last year's profits could mean good news for the economy in 2014.

Bernanke said 2014 potentially "bodes well" for the US economy, but then things got weird when a University of Chicago economist played a tribute.

First it was open office space, and now its open management.

That contrasts with 2.3 million for Pope Benedict in all of 2012.

At midnight, a $10,000 foam potato will drop in Boise, Idaho.

Citi strategist Steven Englander translated some financial wonkery using quotes from "Emma" and other classics.

The taper pushes up the 10-year. California, Illinois, and Oregon are just three of the states changing their hands-free, cell phone driving rules next year. And, DirecTV has launched its own weather-related TV channel right next to the Weather Channel.