Just for fun, we headed to East Texas with friends on Saturday to window shop for lake houses. It's more a pipe dream than a plan at this point. We talked to a real estate agent and got a couple...
Must say that I think the term "newpreneurs" is a bit of a stretch. It's the moniker assigned those who've started a company in the currrent recession. I'm sure Jean-Baptiste Say, the French economist credited with coming up with entrepreneur,...
The Fed heads say that, as far as our stinking economy goes -- gulp -- things seem to be looking up now. I knew I needed a new prescription, but had no idea my sight was this bad. (Note to...
The American car market, which just a few years back was dizzyingly varied, is contracting faster than I can keep up: On the heels of news that Pontiacs are about to become extinct, GM announces they'll make at least 1,000...
True story: While haggling in recent weeks to cut my shrinking household budget in the face of rising costs, I wondered how the super rich were faring. Turns out, they're all hurting, too. Granted, their beds are still a lot...
Surely it won't come to this: Mike mentioned the other day that he'd read the Motor City's median home price has fallen to $7,500. "Must be a misprint," I said. It's not. It's cold, there aren't any jobs, we got...
Texans, God love us all, remain sturdily (some might say mulishly) optimistic in the face of hard economic times. A statewide public opinion survey shows Texans may be feeling less downtrodden than the nation as a whole: More than half...
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