Things added in April, 2008
Mars, Buffett Team Up in Wrigley Bid
Mars Inc. announced Monday an agreement to acquire Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for about $23 billion with financial backing from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in a deal that would remake the ...
Lending Industry Freedomfights Gov’t to Make Credit Cheap
As the Federal Reserve completes work on rules to root out abuses by lenders, its plan has run into a buzz saw of criticism from bankers, mortgage brokers and other parts of ...
Where is your gas money going?
Another day, another high. The average price for gasoline on Long Island is at a record-setting $3.791 a gallon for regular, says the AAA. And diesel? Fuhgeddaboutit: It averaged $4.648 a gallon. But where ...
Sharing Salary Figures on Facebook
A new generation is less afraid to flirt with what many over 35 consider the last taboo in American life: discussing salary openly with friends and colleagues.read more | digg ...
One Guy Who Has Seen It All Doesn’t Like What He Sees Now
Peter Bernstein has witnessed just about every financial crisis of the past century. Mr. Bernstein says, is worse than he has seen since the Depression and threatens to roil markets into 2009 ...