Online retailer Overstock.com ended its last fiscal year on a strong note, and now it’s gearing up for an international expansion. Outspoken CEO Patrick Byrne discusses the company, as well as his views on sales tax, short sell…
The U.S. services sector is growing strong, providing additional evidence that the U.S. economy is recovering and might not need more stimulus funding. But that’s contingent upon oil staying below $120 per barrel.
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Recent market sell-offs may have been more about paranoia than about real risk. JPMorgan calculations indicate that the potential impact of rising oil prices on the economy may be less than most investors think. But the fear fa…
The economy may be rebounding, but the benefits have yet to filter down to the hundreds of thousands of homeless Americans. Here’s the story of one homeless mother: how she wound up in a shelter in a tough town and how the worl…
Economists generally expect employers to steadily add more workers in 2011, perhaps as many as 250,000 a month by year-end. However, with so many long-term unemployed returning to the market, the jobless rate could still outpac…