Filed under: Economy This is just one of the Innovative Ways to Stimulate the Economy suggested by DailyFinance contributors. See them all. Before you jump down my throat, saying that all immigrants do is drive up unemployment, allow me to bring forth some evidence to the contrary that shows immigration...

Filed under: Economy , Investing For investors, more than half of the financial crisis survival test involves sorting out the valid analysis from the rhetoric. For example, most investors by now know how to avoid overt financial propaganda. Conservative commentator Sean Hannity ’s show on the...

Filed under: Columns , Economy , Investing Many investors Financenotes from the meetings of the Federal Reserve — the most recent were published Wednesday — looking for tips and insights that will help them make money today, tomorrow and in the near future. Heck, these days some are simply...

Filed under: Economy Just when I think I have heard it all, they come up with something even more eye-poppingly incredible. Step right up, folks! First they sucked you into the dot-com boom, before wiping out your tech stocks. Next they urged you to buy houses with money you couldn’t pay back,...

Filed under: Economy No matter what the earnings season brings, the job market in the U.S. looks more grim with each passing report. According to the Labor Department, for the week ended March 28 , the number of people collecting state unemployment benefits reached a new record, gaining 95,000 to 5.84...

Filed under: Company News , Columns , Economy The consumer may be starting to make a really slow comeback. Shares of teen retailer Hot Topic Inc. ( HOTT ) were surging in pre-market trading after it forecast a first quarter profit of 1 to 2 cents per share, an improvement over its prior outlook for...

Filed under: Company News Every major U.S. bank is rallying like mad on the heels of Wells Fargo ( WFC ) reporting that it made a profit in the first quarter. WFC shares have spiked up 23 percent to $18.50 in early trading. The financial firm said it expects to report record net income of approximately...

Filed under: Economy Federal Reserve officials spoke about “tight” credit markets and “fragile” financial markets, according to the minutes of the March 17-18 meeting, which were released today in Washington. “Pressure on financial institutions,” was “generally...

Filed under: Economy Recently, The New York Times explored the increasingly blurry question of journalistic integrity. Many magazines, desperate for revenue, are edging closer to selling cover space to advertisers, and media watchers are trying to define the line between editorial and advertising content....