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It sure didn't take long! All those warnings have come true, and all those promises from Apple.... All I got was "Hello World," not much but the beginning of much more, I am sure.

Carry Trades are little known by the general public but are trillion dollar positions taken by some of the largest investment banks and hedge funds. Conditions that have favored Carry Trades are reversing and if they unravel badly, watch out.

Playing to his republican base, Giuliani plans to propose tax breaks for those who buy coverage on their own. His expectations are that his plan would more than double the number of people buying their own healthcare coverage.

Car create other pollution, in addition to CO2 - such as tire pollution. While these dangers are known, people are only focused on CO2.

The best source of organ donors, healthy people who die unexpectedly, has always been motorcycle riders. Ask any transplant surgeon. While fatalities from car accidents have declined dramatically in recent years, thanks to air bags and other safety technologies, fatalities among motorcycle riders actually rose some 5% (almost 5,000 people) last year. And, the situation is getting worse as older people join the ranks of the 20 to 30 year olds and as helmet use becomes a thing of the past. The sad truth is that organ donors are more plentiful than ever before thanks to these trends.

Chicago-based hedge fund, Citadel Investment Group, bought at basement prices the distressed assets of the much smaller hedge fund Sowood Capital. The story here is twofold: (1) there is plenty of money still out there to pick up assets of hedge funds falling off the cliff (Citadel did this before with the distressed Amaranth), and (2) success with Harvard’s investments is not necessarily a guaranty for success in the hedge fund world.

Despite the media hype to the contrary, the public long ago approved the sale of Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal to Mr. Murdoch. Here's why.

Here are the top financial and business stories on BestCashCow based on the votes of the site's members.

Doctors have very different takes on issues depending upon their specializaion. Here is an amusing example.

Three new web sites begin to turn the tables on the airlines. While there have been sites for some time to help find less expensive flights (with mixed results), now there is a new breed of site to help gauge when and when not to buy a ticket, to assist in finding business seats at economy prices, and to pay the difference if fares drop.

Americans spend a ridiculous amount on their Pets and that amount is only increasing. What does that say about us and our country?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party suffered a devastating defeat Sunday for the upper house of Parliament. It also marks the loss of another key Bush ally. Mr. Abe follows in the heals of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlasconi, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Aznar, British Prime Minster Tony Blair, and others.