Bill Clinton was in New York Tuesday to promote his new book Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy. I caught up with the former President at the Barnes & Noble on 5th Avenue following a book signing event that featured overflow crowds, a testament to Clinton’s continued popularity more [...]
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Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasia Group stopped by the Daily Ticker set today to give us his take on the never ending and ever escalating European debt crisis now centered on Italy. First, here’s the latest out of Italy where the focus is political: It appears Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s days as head [...]
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A new Wall Street Journal poll suggests that Americans have woken up to the extreme inequality that has developed in the country in the past three decades, in which the richest Americans have gotten much richer while everyone else has stayed in place or lost ground. 60% of the poll’s respondents believe that the current [...]
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Anyone who believes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac caused the housing bubble, or just contributed to it, you’re going to love this: The conservator overseeing the mortgage giants is blocking Fannie and Freddie from participating in a possible solution to the housing crisis. Just about everyone these days has a plan to help housing. And [...]
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Might we be nearing the bottom of the housing market? Housing prices in the third quarter were essentially flat compared with the previous quarter, according to the latest zillow.com market report. Unfortunately, home prices do continue to fall, and are 4.4% lower when compared to last year. While that doesn’t seem devastating, the number of [...]
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Apple has updated the Apple Store app to version 2.0, allowing iPhone owners to buy items and pick them up in their local Apple Store, and to pay for purchases in-store, no clerk required.
The Apple Store app has long let you order goods from the online Apple Store, and to make appointments at the Genius …
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