The theory of "temperate pragmatism," in vogue with some futurists, says we will no longer pursue luxury without portfolio. Hard times have chastened us, including those with money, or those left with less of it after Wall Street scams and bank failures, the theory says.



Honda - Honda CR-Z - Makes and Models - Recreation - Autos

Your career is about to get a boost from some mobile apps. And your on-the-go life could be a little better, less cluttered and more informed as a result of embracing use-anywhere tech tools.


Employment - Business and Economy - Canada - Job Search - Business

What are the must-have mobile apps for job seekers? Consider these, in addition to LinkedIn, Twitter and Craigslist:


Employment - Job Search - Business - Canada - Business and Economy

There are a lot of things Congress doesn't know right now. What to do about jobs, for instance. Who'll be running the House come January. How to balance the budget. But there is one thing that both parties increasingly seem to agree on: You should work longer.


Social security - United States - Politics - Privatization - Law

TURN SETBACKS INTO GREENBACKS: 7 SECRETS FOR GOING UP IN DOWN TIMES



Color Of Money - Arts - Romance - Sports - United States

Q I recently learned, quite by accident, that a colleague at my office has grossly misstated her academic credentials on her résumé (which I have seen), probably since before she came to our company. She's an excellent executive and a very nice person, but I am troubled by this ethical lapse, which...


Fraud - Winds - Tin Whistle - Music - Law

Is it worth it to pay $200,000 for a liberal arts education, especially if it means taking out loans? One of my 20-something Kiplinger colleagues answers bluntly: "If I had realized how much debt I was getting into, I would have gone to my state school instead of an expensive private college."


Finance - United States - Education - Colleges and Universities - Government

Some families watch TV after dinner. Others review white papers on economics.


Money management - Home - Personal finance - Financial Services - Business

It's not a recession, and it's not much of a recovery. Instead, the U.S. economy is treading water.


Business - Recreation - Picture Ratings - Unemployment - Economic growth

The stock markets topped off their best week in a month Friday, as the latest jobs report calmed fears that the sputtering economy was headed toward a double-dip recession.



Business - Equities - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Employment

SAN FRANCISCO - Google's methods for recommending Web sites are being reviewed by the Texas state attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.


Google - Web search engine - Microsoft - Searching - Search Engines

With just two months until the November elections, the White House is seriously weighing a package of business tax breaks - potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars - to spur hiring and combat Republican charges that Democratic tax policies hurt small businesses, according to people with...



United States - White House - President - Business - Government

In one of the first detailed insider accounts by a member of President Obama's team, a chief architect of the federal bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler has penned a 300-plus page description of the policy improvisation performed by the administration as the economy swooned at the outset of...


United States - Health - Search and Rescue - Public Health and Safety - Emergency Services

AOL and Google announced Thursday a five-year renewal of their revenue-sharing pact, which will now include mobile search and online video, two areas that AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong called critical to the future of his company as it tries to revamp and return to profitability.



Google - AOL - Searching - Search Engines - Access Providers

Just over a quarter of the nation's 139 million currently employed workers endured a bout of unemployment during the Great Recession, according to results of a Pew Research Center survey released Thursday. And they tend to be less satisfied in their current jobs than are other workers.


Recession - United States - Unemployment - Employment - Education

Regulators fell short in using their powers "forcefully or effectively" to stop risky practices by banks and were slow to identify and address abuses in the U.S. financial system that led to global economic crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial ...


Ben Bernanke - Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission - Federal Reserve System - Financial crisis - Monetary policy

Americans have not lost their will to spend, according to a modest and surprising bump in retail sales last month and the number of contracts signed by home buyers in July.


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If Democrats can't make a convincing case for raising taxes on 315,000 millionaires and using the money to rebuild the country's aging infrastructure, then maybe they don't deserve to be reelected.


Tax - Accounting - Politics - United States - Taxation