Ramon Reyes had a problem. He could only get sound from one channel on his iPod video player. At first, he thought his ear-buds were busted. But he replaced them with a pricey new pair made by Sony, and it didn't make any difference. read more »
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In Pixar Films' upcoming animation epic, "Wall-E," the title character is a cute but clunky robot whose centuries of solitude on an abandoned Earth is broken by the arrival of a svelte, futuristic robot named Eve - who is so white, gleaming, and well, pod-like, that she looks like she was born in A read more »
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On Friday, Marvel Entertainment releases "Iron Man," the saga of Tony Stark, a hard-drinking, amoral war-profiteer who redeems himself by donning high-tech armor and trouncing bad guys. Marvel is in the midst of a similar redemption. read more »
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It's been a rough start for the movie industry this year. And despite some big sequels (Indy's back!) there are concerns that this could be a cruel summer for Hollywood. read more »
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Yes, there is a toxin-free, sustainable, farmed fish. And damn if it ain't tasty. read more »
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Tom and Ray Magliozzi are not what you'd call an overnight success story. The two MIT-educated car mechanics first started offering car repair advice over the air on a local Boston station in 1977. A decade elapsed before National Public Radio picked the show up and distributed it on its national n read more »
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Is Jose Reyes of the New York Mets smoother than David Ortiz of the world champion Red Sox? Who has more complexity and depth - the New York Yankees' read more »
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Rock band U2 has agreed to enter a 12-year contract with Live Nation, a live event promotional company that owns and operates more than 100 venues ar read more »
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Last week, President Bush told the Wall Street Journal:
First of all, our society has had income inequality for a long time. Secondly, skills ga read more »
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According to a Wall Street Journal Report on the latest IRS data, income inequality is still increasing. More than 21% of all income went to the top read more »
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 I wrote this story for the 35th anniversary issue of Money.
There are a lot of ways to answer the question posed in our headline. You could loo read more »
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Barry Ritzholz thinks not:
… If Unemployment is actually as low as its been reported by BLS, then there is no slack in the labor market. W read more »
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Health insurance is lousy and we’re being forced to pay out of pocket for more and more of our medical care. Right?
The first part of the read more »
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The latest on family income from the Brookings Institution:
–Overall, individual incomes are about as steady as they’ve ever been
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In comments, Cameron asks:
I personally would like to be able to invest some portion of my portfolio in hedge funds, but I don’t have millions t read more »
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You can’t invest in hedge funds. Your pension fund can. I think that’s one more reason to be happy if you still have a traditional pensio read more »
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Dear Annie: I hope you don't think this is a dumb problem, but here goes: I recently got promoted to head of my department, after about four years wi read more »
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More big-screen Harry Potter fodder: 'Deathly Hallows' book to be split into 2 movies. read more »
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