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Over at The Atlantic, Megan McArdle dismantles the notion that taxpayers should consider the carmaker's return to profitability as vindication for the bailout. Read the whole link-rich piece for ...

So Squarespace, which does hosting and other webby stuff, is doing an iPhone giveaway via Twitter. Basically all a Twitter user needs to do is enter the #squarespace hashtag into a tweet and then he ...

It’s a searing indictment from the Los Angeles Times — a scathing investigation this past week into how the legalization of marijuana in California has actually led to a boom in illegal pot farms, ...

Some of you among us may know the phrase, “Don’t harsh my mellow.” Basically, it means, “Don’t rain on my parade (i.e. amazing levels of mortgage transactions and income) with your harsh attitude (i.e ...

In potentially terrible news, Canadian cannabis producer Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY) saw its stock fall by almost 7% on Nov. 10. Except for the energy sector in 2020, I don’t think there is any sector of the ...

We never quite get there, though. We don’t seem to be grappling with the fact that this kind of volatility is rapidly becoming the new normal — or that we are totally unprepared. If the public does ...