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"Borrowers Betrayed"

Jul 21, 2008
The Miami Herald has done a good piece of investigative work into how lack of regulation allowed persons with criminal histories to enter the...

At least a temporary drop in oil pressure

Jul 17, 2008
Not long ago we wouldn't have seen the news of oil closing just below $130 a barrel as a good thing for our pocketbooks. But here it is from the AP...

Computers 1, Humans 0

Jul 16, 2008
If you've set up a new account on a website in the last few years, you're no doubt familiar with the string of random letters and numbers you have...

Espresso-over-ice request heats up online

Jul 15, 2008
Couldn't resist passing along this story of customer vs. barista that went down at the Murky Coffee shop in Arlington. Va. The customer wanted...

Now boarding: passengers holding ads

Jul 15, 2008
Advertisers have found yet another open space -- and a client definitely in need of cash -- to push their products: the airline boarding pass. The...

Social networking, baby style

Jul 14, 2008
Yahoo's "Tech Ticker" has a video interview with Tina Sharkey, chairwoman of BabyCenter, which Yahoo says "may be one of the largest interactive...

For public good, not for profit.

Microsoft, Netflix in streaming deal

Jul 11, 2008
Microsoft and Netflix say they've reached a deal that would make it possible to stream movies over the Internet to your TV, provided your set is...

Women CEOs in Silicon Valley at zero

Jul 11, 2008
The Mercury News in San Jose is reporting that the abrupt departure of VMware's Diane Greene from the company she co-founded 10 years ago leaves...

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac up for government takeover

Jul 11, 2008
With $11 billion in losses on their collective heads since the credit crisis began, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are facing the possibility of...