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Moneybox 2006:
Daily commentary about business and finance.
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- The Corporate Scrooge Contest Results America's worst office Christmas parties, gifts, and bonuses.
Dec. 21, 2006 - Bad Corporate Santa Tell us about your Scrooge-like employer.
Dec. 15, 2006 - Obscure Economic Indicator: The Guns-to-Caviar Index Good news! It's going down.
Dec. 14, 2006 - Sirius Pain XM and Sirius could both lose the satellite radio wars.
Dec. 8, 2006 - The Grand Old Protectionist Party Hey, it's not just Democrats who are killing free trade.
Dec. 1, 2006 - Exchange Rates Are U.S. stock-exchange executives grossly overpaid?
Nov. 30, 2006 - The Mystery of the Disappearing Stocks A bizarre explanation for the stock market rally.
Nov. 20, 2006 - Who's Ripping Off Whom? Rich foreigners keep buying lousy American companies. Who's winning?
Nov. 15, 2006 - The Rich Aren't Republican Anymore How Democrats won the election by stealing wealthy voters from the GOP.
Nov. 8, 2006 - What Makes a Stock "Republican"? A fascinating new report reveals the different ways Democratic and Republican politicians invest.
Nov. 3, 2006 - The Return of Bushenfreude Voters who love the president's tax cuts but loathe the president.
Nov. 1, 2006 - How Now, Grown Dow? Republicans say the stock market is at a record high. Eh, not really.
Oct. 26, 2006 - Thanks for the Cheap Gas, Mr. Hitler! How Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa perfected one of the world's most exciting new fuel sources.
Oct. 23, 2006 - Buy Freedom Why South Africa looks like Northern Virginia.
Oct. 19, 2006 - Blue Is Green Why Democratic-leaning companies outperform Republican-leaning ones.
Oct. 12, 2006 - The Cider House Rules What pick-your-own-apple orchards teach about the American economy.
Oct. 9, 2006 - Wal-Mart Voters The GOP-leaning retailer is encouraging employees to vote. Will that help the Democrats?
Oct. 6, 2006 - The Oil Conspiracy Is the Bush administration manipulating oil prices to win elections?
Oct. 4, 2006 - More Idiotic Corporate Penny-Pinching Measures The company that supplies coffee but makes employees buy the milk. The one that keeps Post-it notes under lock and key. The one that tracks every time you use a paper clip …
Sept. 29, 2006 - $1 Billion for Facebook? LOL! Is the social-networking boom a replay of the '90s dotcom bubble?
Sept. 28, 2006 - Pinching the Penny Pinchers Idiotic examples of corporate cost-cutting.
Sept. 25, 2006 - Risky Business The real reason for the latest hedge-fund disaster.
Sept. 22, 2006 - The Third Strike First GM and Ford—now Chrysler's going down the tubes, too.
Sept. 20, 2006 - Philanthropy Smackdown Google vs. Gates for the World Charity Championship.
Sept. 18, 2006 - Dump That CEO, Today! Your stock price will rise.
Sept. 13, 2006 - Sept. 11's Financial Heroes And why they have flopped since then.
Sept. 11, 2006 - Why Tom Cruise Really Got Fired Sumner Redstone's bizarre envy of middle-aged men.
Sept. 8, 2006 - Have You Driven Out a Ford, Lately? Why Bill Ford couldn't hack it as CEO of the family company.
Sept. 6, 2006 - Marbury vs. Madison Avenue Can Stephon Marbury's $15 sneaker revolutionize the sports-shoe business?
Aug. 31, 2006 - Time Out Is Time Warner going to sell off Time, Sports Illustrated, and People?
Aug. 29, 2006 - The CEO Real Estate Scam The newest infuriating perk for corporate executives.
Aug. 24, 2006 - The Real Estate Excuse CEOs' latest lame explanation for poor performance.
Aug. 23, 2006 - The "Fuel Surcharge" Scam The latest corporate trick to hide price hikes.
Aug. 21, 2006 - Dis-Integration? Why Michael Dell needs to act more like John D. Rockefeller.
Aug. 17, 2006 - The CEO Bought a Yacht? Then it's time to sell.
Aug. 15, 2006 - The Protein Glut and the Carb Boom Cars, not people, are the corn hogs.
Aug. 11, 2006 - The Rising Cost of Living Well Do long lines for Frappuccinos really explain Starbucks' disappointing results?
Aug. 7, 2006 - Adios, IPOs Don't blame America's declining IPO business on Sarbanes-Oxley.
Aug. 2, 2006 - The "R" Word Are we heading into a recession?
July 31, 2006 - UPS vs. FedEx Which shipping company is right about the economy?
July 28, 2006 - The Not-So-Fantastic Four Why Yahoo!, eBay, Amazon, and AOL are tanking.
July 26, 2006 - HCA+GOP=$$$ Frist's family bets on universal health care.
July 24, 2006 - The Prius Bubble We're irrationally exuberant about alternative energy—but that's good.
July 22, 2006 - The Hell-in-a-Handbasket Index How screwed is the world today? Citigroup's Geo-Political Risk calculator has the answer.
July 19, 2006 - Mayday! Mayday! Why the powerboat industry is sinking.
July 18, 2006 - To Chav and Chav Not Can Burberry save itself from the tacky British yobs who love it?
July 12, 2006 - Take This Job and Count It! The political squabble over how to measure the size of the work force.
July 10, 2006 - The Fortune Cookie 500 Why business execs love to quote Chinese proverbs.
July 5, 2006 - Six Flagging Can Daniel Snyder revolutionize the amusement park business?
June 29, 2006 - The Buffett Way of Giving It Away What we can learn from his gift to the Gates Foundation.
June 26, 2006 - Wi-Fly Why Boeing shouldn't pull the plug on Connexion.
June 23, 2006 - Painting for Profit Is art a good investment?
June 21, 2006 - First Urinetown. Now This? The first play about hedge funds debuts in New York.
June 14, 2006 - The Buyback Bonanza Why are so many companies purchasing their own shares?
June 12, 2006 - I Eat a Book I made a stupid promise. And now I have to keep it.
June 9, 2006 - The Ghost of Greenspan It's haunting the Fed.
June 7, 2006 - The Goldman Rule Should new Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson be forced to sell his $700 million stake in Goldman Sachs?
June 6, 2006 - Book Clubbed Why writers never reveal how many books their buddies have sold.
June 2, 2006 - Good as Goldman Bush drafts Hank to bat third.
May 30, 2006 - Lay and Skilling Aren't the Only Guilty Ones Have CEOs learned nothing from the Enron scandal?
May 25, 2006 - Children for Sale Would $36,000 convince you to have another kid?
May 24, 2006 - Stocks Are So 20th Century The NYSE battles to regain its supremacy.
May 22, 2006 - ARMs Control That adjustable-rate mortgage seemed like such a great idea. Then interest rates started climbing.
May 12, 2006 - A Nation of Buffetts At least there's one business where the United States is still better than China.
May 10, 2006 - The Immigrant Economy The obscure government report that reveals everything you need to know about foreign workers.
May 8, 2006 - Thank You for Investing A very curious right-wing mutual fund.
May 4, 2006 - Junkyard Wars Why scrap heaps are the gold mines of the future.
May 1, 2006 - Gasbags How dumb does Big Oil think you are?
April 28, 2006 - Inflation Everywhere Globalization used to drive down prices. Not anymore.
April 26, 2006 - Lament of the Profiteer Why Halliburton wants the Iraq war to end.
April 24, 2006 - The $104 Billion Refund The most absurd corporate tax giveaway of 2005.
April 13, 2006 - Bush's Secret Tax Hike Everyone knows the AMT is incredibly unfair. So why won't the president and Congress fix it?
April 13, 2006 - Attack of the Gold Bugs The price of the precious metal is rising when it should be dropping. What gives?
April 11, 2006 - Snow's Job Why no Wall Street CEO wants to be the new Treasury secretary.
April 7, 2006 - Obscure Economic Indicator: Presidential Approval Ratings When they go down, stocks go up.
April 5, 2006 - Lost Highway The foolish plan to sell American toll roads to foreign companies.
March 29, 2006 - Why Don't Banks Fail Anymore? Is it the strong economy? Better regulation? Luck?
March 27, 2006 - Are You a Thrillionaire or a Realionaire? The five kinds of rich people.
March 24, 2006 - How Much for Those Used Jimmy Choos? The strange market for pre-owned luxury goods.
March 21, 2006 - Gross-Up? Gross Out. The latest abomination in CEO pay.
March 15, 2006 - Escape From New York Will Luxembourg replace Manhattan as the world's financial capital?
March 13, 2006 - The Shrinking Gap The ultimate '90s brand slides toward the murky middle.
March 9, 2006 - For Whom the (Baby) Bell Tolls Are AT&T's grandiose plans doomed to fail?
March 6, 2006 - Tabloid Shocker! Enquiring minds want to know why the National Enquirer and its parent company are doing so badly.
March 3, 2006 - First, the Beatles. Now, Tesco. The British invader that thinks it can beat Wal-Mart.
March 1, 2006 - So, You Want To Buy a Strategic American Company … Advice for foreign CEOs shopping for ports, oil companies, etc.
Feb. 28, 2006 - The Wal-Mart of Burritos Why Chipotle and other restaurant chains are thriving.
Feb. 27, 2006 - Twilight of the Blogs Are they over as a business?
Feb. 16, 2006 - Indian Steel and Egyptian Cell Phones Do these products sound scary or great? Your answer says a lot about you.
Feb. 13, 2006 - Oprah vs. Howard Wall Street has already decided who will be the bigger satellite radio star.
Feb. 10, 2006 - Das Book Why German, French, and British companies are devouring American publishers.
Feb. 8, 2006 - What "Ownership Society"? Bush's major economic idea goes bust.
Feb. 7, 2006 - Presumed Ignorant Are the Enron jurors morons? Because the lawyers are certainly treating them that way.
Feb. 1, 2006 - It Is Unwise To Say "No" to Chairman Al Was Greenspan a consensus builder? Or a totalitarian dictator?
Jan. 30, 2006 - Bye-Bye, Pension! It's just a matter of time till your company drops its defined-benefit retirement plan.
Jan. 27, 2006 - Robert Iger vs. Steve Jobs Only one man can control Disney. I know who I'm betting on.
Jan. 25, 2006 - When Hot Women Pick Hot Stocks Can ex-jocks and Playboy models beat the market?
Jan. 24, 2006 - One Word: Logistics The unheralded key to the New Economy.
Jan. 20, 2006 - The Broken Windows Theory Who suffers when the DVD is released before the movie has left theaters?
Jan. 18, 2006 - Garçon! Un Coca-Cola, S'il Vous Plaît Europeans hate America these days. So, why are they still buying our stuff?
Jan. 11, 2006 - The It-Sucks-To-Be-Me Generation Twentysomethings who can't stop whining about how the economy is screwing them.
Jan. 9, 2006 - Low Co-Pays, Every Day Could Wal-Mart solve America's health-care crisis?
Jan. 5, 2006 - Where Have All the Bubbles Gone? The stock market is less and less volatile. Here's why.
Jan. 3, 2006
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