From The Business Insider, Jan. 28, 2010: The Senate just approved cloture on

In the second half of 2009, house prices staged a surprising recovery, leading many to conclude that the housing bust was done.Keep dreaming, says Dan Alpert of Westwood Capital.The rise in the second half of 2009 was mainly the result of pent-up demand c

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner probably wouldn’t characterize Wednesday’s congressional testimony on the AIG bailout as “fun.” Yet, it wasn’t as grueling as it should have been. And, that’s the fault of Congress. …

It seems fair to say that no gadget in history was as hotly anticipated as the
one Apple introduced yesterday.  And although Apple’s iPad did impress some
observers, many were left murmuring about
what might have been.For months, the rumor
mi

President Obama’s State of the Union address last night has been described as an effort to “reset” or “restart” the agenda after a year the President admitted hasn’t always gone smoothly.”Our administration has had some political

To paraphrase Miller Tabak equity strategist Peter Boockvar, a political science degree on Wall Street may be more important than a finance degree these days.  Since the crisis created the need for unprecedented government intervention, stocks are in

Dan Alpert, managing partner at Westwood Capital, says President Obama should focus on three main issues in tonight’s first State of the Union address: “Jobs, jobs [and] jobs.”"The issue is whether or not he’s going to be pushing for real j

From All Things Digital, Jan. 27, 2010: As predicted, Steve Jobs showed off a new multimedia device today. One thing he didn’t show off, though: Much in the way of new media.
Jobs and company clearly plan on incorporating new products from
newspap

Very little was expected from the Federal Reserve today and the central bank delivered. At its core, the FOMC’s policy statement was nearly identical to the one released in December, reiterating the pledge to maintain the “exceptionally low levels of

From The Business Insider, Jan. 27, 2010:(This guest post originally appeared at New Deal 2.0)
As we look for the President to set the agenda for the year
ahead, I asked New Deal 2.0 contributors and friends to tell me the ONE
thing they’d like t