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Top 10 excuses for 'the presidential peek'

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:55:00 GMT

An unguarded moment for the Commander in Chief? A bad camera angle? Or an honest-to-goodness presidential ogling? Here are some excuses the White House might consider using to make all the attention die down.

MarketWatch First Take: GM back in the race

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:10:00 GMT

A stripped-down General Motors lurches back onto the track after a remarkably quick 40-day pit stop in bankruptcy court.

Jon Friedman's Media Web: Michael Jackson saga: How did the media do?

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:14:00 GMT

So, how did the media do in covering Michael Jackson's death? Assessing the coverage of the pop star since he died on June 25 is a little like peeling an onion; it seems there always will be another layer to examine.

Shades of Green: How debit cards are fleecing consumers

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:48:00 GMT

Born-again Democrats recently made a big to-do in reining in credit-card industry abuses. To really safeguard our interests, the new U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Agency now needs to halt the banking industry’s coup in progress and the means of its power grab, the debit card.

MarketWatch First Take: AIG bonuses will be test for Obama

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:36:00 GMT

President Obama had to know this would happen, that American International Group Inc., particularly the troublesome financial products unit, would ask for more in the way of bonuses.

Thomas Kostigen's Ethics Monitor: Tap safer than bottled water

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT

Environmental groups have for years claimed that bottled water is less safe than tap water -- and now the federal government has stepped in to say that's true.

Outside the Box: The next banking revolution

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:34:00 GMT

The world is in the midst of a banking revolution that has nothing to do with exotic financial engineering. It's in microfinance, or the provision of financial services to poor people worldwide.

MarketWatch First Take: Citigroup's exec reshuffle undermines CEO Pandit

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:13:00 GMT

Under mounting pressure from regulators, Citigroup has unveiled a series of executive moves that delegate more power away from CEO Vikram Pandit. But will it be enough to placate FDIC chief Sheila Bair?

MarketWatch First Take: Retailers' weather excuses just a snow job

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:02:00 GMT

Here is a severe-weather alert for U.S. retailers: Seasons change. They do it every year. The weather is different in different parts of the country. Every year and every season. If you don't have a business model that can account for that by now, maybe your business is more than just under the weather -- maybe it's in the ICU.

MarketWatch First Take: Quantitative easing loses its mojo

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:25:00 GMT

At some point markets need to be allowed to work things out. The U.K. has just about reached that point. Perhaps the U.S. will soon.