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22 Sep 2009 11:07

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21 Sep 2009 11:15

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Sports: Duh: Athletes don’t know what to do with all that money

  • 78% of NFL stars wind up broke within two years of retiring source

21 Sep 2009 10:32

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Biz: Dell wants a piece of Perot Systems. Heck, it wants the whole thing.

  • $3.9 billion for Ross Perot’s massive cash cow source

19 Sep 2009 09:59

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U.S.: Senate minority to Timothy Geithner: Kill TARP. Now.

  • 39 Republican Senators (and one Democrat) want TARP to end source

18 Sep 2009 12:04

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18 Sep 2009 11:39

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Culture: Michael Jackson’s estate is giving lots of cash to his mom and kids

  • $86,000 monthly allowance; holy crap source

16 Sep 2009 20:26

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Tech: Twitter is worth a bit more than 140 characters would suggest

  • $50 million the amount Twitter raised in its latest round of venture-capital funding source
 

15 Sep 2009 10:34

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Biz: The world isn’t as wealthy as it used to be, guys

  • -11.7% decline in the world’s wealth in 2008; it’ll take a while to recover source

13 Sep 2009 22:18

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World: Hugo Chavez has more guns than you do. A. LOT. MORE.

  • $2 billion deal to get lots of weapons for Venezuela. SIGNED. source

13 Sep 2009 10:58

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U.S.: South Carolina has a well-funded House campaign on its hands

  • $1+ million each for Joe “You Lie!” Wilson and his opponent source