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The massive wealth and profits generated by the big Wall Street banks is draining away. Nearly half of the profit they earned over the last couple of years on the strength of mortgages, CDOs, etc. are gone. Massive write downs continue and the financial services industry looks like it will go through a period of downsizing.

CNBC is running their annual Million Dollar Stock portfolio contest this year. You can trade stocks or currencies and win weekly prizes or a pool of one million dollars if you finish in the top 6.

SmartyPig is running a second $100 Gift Card Giveaway Using Twitter. Answer a question and you might be selected to win the dough.

A new tool from HeatMap.com combines rental and housing sales data to provide an indicator on whether it makes sense to rent or to buy.

Want to make big money? Become a CEO and keel over.

Thought the housing problem was just isolated to the subprime market? Think again. It's not spreading to the option ARM market.

The bloodletting isn't done yet.

Nikesh Arora believes that eventually all smaller Blogs and content providers will get squeezed out and the survivors will start to charge. Will you pay?

Here is why they are not.

Just watching Matt Simmons in TV. He published a book 3 years ago when oil was at $30 saying that oil is going much higher. Hiss views on peak oil are not completely absurd.

With oil at $130 a barrel, here is the most sensible idea. It is also a bitter pill to swallow.

Microsoft just launched a new cash back program in an attempt to promote their Live search engine and steal market share from Google. Will it work and is it worth it? Here's what I found out on my quick shopping spree.

This is a discussion on the future direction of the Federal Funds rate, using the Fed Funds Rate Predictor (produced by the Cleveland Fed) as a starter.