Business Pundit

Congress is considering a new program called Cash for Clunkers. NPR reports what the program is all about: The government has given billions of dollars to automakers who need to sell more cars. Now, Congress may soon offer motorists money to… Read more

Tired of Ponzi schemes yet? Well, here’s a scheme, albeit less Ponzi than simply preposterous. It has to do with the second-largest homebuilder in the United States, Lennar Corp. According to Rueters: Shares of Lennar Corp (LEN.N), the… Read more

If Kelley Blue Book is any indication, Americans are getting serious about smaller cars. The company has  announced the most-researched new cars of 2008 on their website, www.kbb.com. Here are the cars we’re looking up: Honda… Read more

Not one, not two, but THREE press releases for this miracle of modern medicine. It must be very important. And it is. Especially for those of you with puny little eyelashes. (I myself am blessed with an abundance of long, leafy lashes. So… Read more

Print media has been crumbling for a while, but a few recent events appear to have triggered a tipping point. The LA Times, Time Warner, Gannett, the Tribune Company and others have axed significant numbers of staff. A steaming heap of money-wasting… Read more

From the LA Times: The Case-Shiller index of home prices showed the 10th month in a row of record-setting price declines in July. Standard & Poor’s, which publishes the monthly index, noted that pace of price declines is slowing, but… Read more

A Kiev-based bank analyst predicted Russia’s invasion of Georgia two days before it happened in a highly intuitive email. Econobrowser outlines how American energy consumption is currently falling. Time to celebrate? Hardly. Physorg.com… Read more

Would you rather be a canvasser, a collections agent who deals with children, an illiterate teacher, a ranch hand, or a president’s right hand? How about an office boy or a sales eagle? If you’re an illiterate eagle boy, you may make a good… Read more

I wanted to post on Olympians turned entrepreneur, but Forbes beat me to it. I had a great time looking through their list (and making assumptions about who’d had work done…) What surprised me, however, was that nearly all the world class… Read more

Heroes star Hayden Panettiere’s father, Alan, was arrested today for hitting his wife. The International Federation of Journalists has accused the Chinese government of snooping. Two U. of Virginia students have been accused of plagiarism…. Read more

Fortune has a fantastic article on influential bank analyst Meredith Whitney. The Online Journalism Blog describes how influential bloggers, once they’ve tasted the bittersweet milk of a widespread audience, become more like run-of-the-mill… Read more

If you’re a cheeky male Irish clone who sleeps less than 7 hours a night, habitually sells expensive lobby cards, has a housewife-melting smile, and knows National Lampoon movies like the back of your hand, you could get rich off this week’s… Read more

Suicide is a big problem in South Korea. According to the Financial Times, the compact peninsula has the highest rate of suicide in the developed world: 24.7 deaths per 100,000 people. It’s become such a problem that employers are sending… Read more

(The coupon some franchisees say killed their business.) Nothing beats a heath-bar cheesecake and chocolate ice cream beaten with big metal spoons on a slab. Especially before a summer movie. Or a trip to the beach. Unfortunately, thanks to a… Read more