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Apple, a company which never drops their prices, has now dropped the price on the 4GB iPhone to $299 barely two months after introducing the product.

I'm taking a hand and predicting this Friday's employment numbers will be better than expected. So good, the Fed may decided not to cut rates.

The private equity community is preparing a defense of the 15% carried interest tax loophole that relies of big names and celebrities to defend themselves.

The launch of a new credit card for Second Life underscores the growth of truly digital financial services products. This is a trend which should continue to grow.

The WSJ offers five reasons why the Fed will cut rates but I'm not sure sure. Here's some of my analysis on this.

Home Depot just bought back 290 million shares. There is no surprise here as this has been in the works for months. And, it has been widely viewed as a positive move by the company. Nonetheless, its share price dropped 5% as a result of two phenomena – both very short term. Tomorrow, if not later today, HD’s price will recover and a quick 5% return can be made by even the most conservative investor.

It's really hard to fathom how a CEO can be worth 364X that of an average worker at his or her company. I'm sure if 364 people got together they could make better decisions than 1 CEO

I just got my new Dell laptop: the Inspiron 1520. I have only own Dell's for a while, but haven't been this impressed with one in more than 10 years.

Imagine paying over $46,000 a year for a college education at Duke University (and many other private universities for that matter)and paying for pathetic professors who shouldn't be in kindergarten much less universities. All universities in America are badly managed and poor investments. The people who teach are almost always way to the left and they are "adults" who have never left school -- not terrific role models. But every once in a while, how bad they really are hits you in the face.

It's easy to knock Jim Cramer but maybe some of the advice he gives is actually okay. His resume is more impressive than 99% of the brokers and analysts on the street.

Akamai's stock has risen fallen, and risen again like an ocean wave. The Internet continues to grow and yet Akamai's stock has tumbled recently. I think it's long term prospects are pretty good.