Finance Geek

Say you’re a successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist who wants a one-of-a-kind, show-stopping electric car. What do you do? If you’re the very playful Satish Darmaraj, you build your own!After selling his most recent company, Zimbra, to Yahoo for a

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3-D movies are enjoying a Renaissance, and whether or not you think that is a good thing for the cinematic arts, it’s going to cost you more to see one of these films. One way or another.

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The grilling Ben Bernanke received on Capitol Hill Thursday was a classic example of politicians playing to the camera. But this wasn’t just a regular episode of “American grandstand,” says Todd Harrison, CEO of Minyanville.com. The hearing was

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WATERLOO — Mark Little is proud of two of his employees for completing a recent obstacle course.

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The tension between Google and Beijing is more of a nuisance than a financial blow for now, but it’s a taste of the challenges that lie ahead as the world’s largest Internet search engine strives to expand in China.

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Fiscal Policy: The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on an anti-stimulus package that in the name of saving the earth will destroy the American economy. Smoot-Hawley will seem like a speed bump.
Not since a misguided piece of legislation imposed tariffs that turned a recession into a depression has there been a piece of legislation as bad as Waxman-Markey.
The 1,000-plus-page American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) is being rushed to a vote by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before anyone can seriously object to this economic suicide pact.
It’s what Janet Napolitano,…

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A trio of regulatory changes and missteps on the former president’s watch let the banks run wild and encouraged the housing bubble. But he had help, of course.

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Ben Bernanke faced hostile fire from Congressmen of both parties Thursday as the inquiries into the government’s role in the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch deal continue.Bernanke steadfastly defended his actions, and the Fed’s action, during that dark chap

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Ben Bernanke is in the hot-seat today
for his role in the extraordinary events of late 2008 (more on that
later). Just 24 hours ago, however, the Fed chairman was making
headlines for more pedestrian reasons: the conduct of monetary policy.

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Wall Street is responding to new proposed regulations in classic form: They’re trying to circumvent restrictions on compensation and want to pass along the cost of compliance to their clients, namely you and me.JPMorgan Chase has informed clients its rais

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Waiting for mortgage rates to once again fall below 5%? Don’t bother. Greg McBride, senior financial analyst at Bankrate.com, says those days are gone for good. But, it doesn’t mean you’ve missed your chance to act. Last week, the averag

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This is your last chance to get retirement-ready. Here’s the game plan to make sure your numbers add up before you call it quits at work.

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WASHINGTON–President Obama’s public health plan, if passed by Congress, would drive America inevitably towards a single-payer system in which all health-care payments are made by “the government,” that is, the taxpayers.My family and I, originally from England, have experienced the single-payer system first-hand. Our experience teaches that it would radically change the standard of American medicine-for the worse. In last night’s town hall meeting at the White House, Mr. Obama explained that the government should be able to design a system with a public plan that keeps…

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The recent spike in U.S. Treasury yields has generated renewed commentary about the specter of inflation. It’s even being asked if we’re repeating the inflationary mistakes of the late ‘70s that occurred on Jimmy Carter’s watch.
In some ways Treasury Secretary Geithner added gasoline to the fire with his much laughed-at recent suggestion that Chinese investments in Treasuries are safe, but the inflation we’re doubtless experiencing should in no way be solely blamed on our current Treasury head. Just as the Carter administration inherited massive inflation whose…

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The Federal Reserve says inflation isn’t a concern. But Wall Street professionals say higher prices and cheaper dollars are on the horizon.

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