President Obama may have spoken out against assessing carbon tariffs on goods entering the United States that are produced in countries without adequate control of their greenhouse gas emissions, but speaking in China, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke

IF YOU THINK ABOUT USING THE STOCK MARKET RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THINGS SEEM TO BE GETTING BETTER, THINK AGAIN! Liquidity is supposed to reflect a good chance to make money. Not so according Joe Saluzzi. He explains in this video. Volume is ficticious. WATCH!

Charlotte's Habitat is among the first in the nation to start buying up houses in troubled neighborhoods where up to a third of the homes are vacant due to foreclosure. Average cost: $38,000 to $55,000, less than half the original price.

Banks are quietly changing the terms of millions of credit card accounts as they brace for a tough new law that will limit rate hikes. The law will restrict interest rate hikes unless a card has a variable rate, so banks are doing away with fixed rates.

Chase has recently increased the monthly minimum payment on select accounts that have carried balances. Effective August 2009, impacted cardmembers will have their minimum payment increased from 2% to 5% of the statement balance, said a Chase spokeswoman.

The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.

There's a lot of pressure right now to pass a new bill that would "help" the world's 1 billion hungry people by promoting chemical agriculture. We are devastating our own environment with these techniques, and doing so with little benefit to our farmers.

President Barack Obama will unveil on Wednesday his plans for reshaping U.S. financial regulation, with proposals to close one bank regulator and create new overseers for big-picture economic risk and consumer financial product safety

The facilitating of payments used in the recruitment and sale of mail-order brides is unregulated. The major credit card companies are involved and have been for years. It opens the door to an increasing class of criminals to buy and exploit these women.

Welcome to the new realty reality. Ostentation is passé. Size is so not cool. Small is the new big. Americans are giving a second look to the small-is-beautiful movement born a generation ago. And oh, by the way -- have you hugged your home lately?