Gold climbed to a record for a second day in New York and London on mounting concern that currencies will devalue, spurring demand for the precious metal as a preserver of wealth. ...more

October 8, 2009

Oh yes, the temptations are here again. So far in life I have only been penalized a small bit by the temptation of getting into trying to make money with money, much like our government is doing by printing money and giving it to the banks. ...more

March 19, 2009

Today, Detroit automakers take a second run at Congress to persuade lawmakers to give them $25 billion in federal aid, but their agendas are diverging as they contemplate futures as drastically different car companies. ...more

December 2, 2008

George Church wants to put his personal genetic blueprint online for all to see - the sequence of chemical bases that make him who he is, a lanky scientist of Scottish ancestry who has dyslexia, narcolepsy and motion sickness. ...more

October 20, 2008

Economic uncertainty is on the rise, and so is office gossip. Office workers, perhaps fearful of their jobs and worried about their companies' futures, are playing office politics and gossiping more than they were five years ago, according to a recent poll. In fact, 55 percent of those surveyed said politicking at work is on the rise. ...more

October 12, 2008

Where would those of us who count on Social Security so much be now? ...more

September 27, 2008

Five years after bombings forced the United Nations to pull out of Iraq, the world body is back. It announced plans Wednesday to help Iraq rebuild and create jobs after complaints the government has been unable or unwilling to spend its oil riches. ...more

August 14, 2008

•You might as well jump and head to the Forum at 7:30 tonight to see the reconstituted Van Halen. ...more

February 18, 2008

Sunday's women's singles final of the Grand Slam Futures Tampa Bay at Saint Leo University was Anastasia Pivovarova's shortest match of the tournament, but it was the one with the biggest payoff. ...more

January 14, 2008

When figuring whether the Grand Slam Futures Tampa Bay tennis tournament held at Saint Leo University this past week was a success, it may depend on who you ask. ...more

January 13, 2008