Archive for September 7th, 2009
Tax on expensive health plans proposed
A proposed health care compromise by the powerful chairman of the Senate Finance Committee lacks a government-run insurance option and would tax the most expensive health insurance plans, a source close to the discussions told CNN Monday.
It’s September. The real test for stocks begins
Sunburned and barbecued out, Wall Streeters returning to work Tuesday face the first big challenge to the six-month-old rally.
Madoff’s Montauk home: Meet the broker
The personal detritus of Bernie Madoff’s vacation life sits with hand-written, neatly numbered FBI tags-the surf-casting rod he used in his backyard beach to catch striped bass and blue fish, the Life Cycle exercise machine sitting idle in his upstairs bedroom, the wooden duck decoys on the foyer table, the couches and chairs and lamps and clothes now sitting in boxes unremarkably labeled “men’s clothing” and “women’s clothing.”
Obama’s message to kids - Stay in school
The White House on Monday released the text of a controversial back-to-school speech to students from President Barack Obama.
