Lest we forget so soon,it was unregulated ,laissez faire oligarchal capitalism that brought about the recent world crash.All the worlds fate,decided by a few gamblers..what a way to run a planet..they take the profits..we take the fall out.

The popular but overwhelmed "cash for clunkers" program is zooming toward a quarter-million trade-ins with the initial $1 billion in rebates, but the White House warns the special deals could sputter to an end by Friday unless the Senate quickly approves

City leaders in Oxford, Ala. have approved the destruction of a 1,500-year-old Native American ceremonial mound and are using the dirt as fill for a new Sam's Club, a retail warehouse store operated by Wal-Mart.A University of Alabama archaeology report

Commercial lender CIT Group's board is due to meet Sunday night to discuss options to allow the company to avoid bankruptcy, according to a person briefed on the talks.The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported that the company had reached a deal with

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.

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.

For several years Intuit lobbyists have tried to kill a state program that allows some California residents, mostly low-income taxpayers, to have the state tax board fill out their tax returns for free -- competition for Intuit's popular TurboTax software

Some of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies are reaping billions of dollars in extra revenue amid global concern about the spread of swine flu. Analysts expect to see a boost in sales from GlaxoSmithKline, Roche and Sanofi-Aventis when the

Swiss-owned Nestlé is the Walmart of the bottled water industry. Like the mammoth retailer, Nestlé is a volume powerhouse: it already controls a third of the bottled water market in the United States and is expanding.There is a reason: huge profits. Perh