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By Catherine Baab-Muguira, The Motley Fool
| 1:15PM 12/15/2011
Maybe, like so many Americans, you have lately found yourself awake at night, plagued by big questions about the economy: Will Europe ever emerge from its debt crisis? Is the stock market rigged against individual investors? Why the heck did I take out those double-digit student loans for that graduate degree I'm not even using? Grabbing lunch with some of the nation's top financial minds would be an ideal way to get answers. If you've got the cash to pick up the tab, get our your calendar. And quick -- the bidding closes today.
| 8:30AM 12/02/2010
Among Thursday's top online stories for investors: Is employment coming back? Are we still in danger of a double-dip recession? Is the U.S. economy on fire?
| 9:00AM 11/07/2010
US News is not for sale. Wealthy owner Mort Zuckerman wants to keep the magazine, he just does not want to print it, so the publication will go completely online next year. December will be the magazine's last issue.
| 6:45PM 2/24/2010
Mort Zuckerman wants to have more say in government. Rupert Murdoch wants to stop losing money on the New York Post. Their problems may have a common solution. Could selling Murdoch the Daily News garner Zuckerman his fellow mogul's backing for a bid for a U.S. Senate seat?
| 1:20PM 10/15/2009
Bruce Wasserstein, who died Wednesday at 61, will be remembered by many in the media world less for his dealmaking prowess than for turning New York magazine from a predictable, shallow city magazine into the most consistently clever and ingeniously packaged publication of the last few years. But...
| 6:20PM 10/13/2009
BusinessWeek has found a new home, and its identity comes as no surprise. Bloomberg LP, the financial news and information giant, has agreed to buy the 80-year-old business magazine after a public sale process that lasted throughout the summer.
In announcing the acquisition, Bloomberg president...
| 3:00PM 7/13/2009
Everyone wants to know when Rupert Murdoch is going to make his long-dreamed-about play for The New York Times. Murdoch himself denies he's plotting anything of the kind -- but could he have a different target in mind?
That's the view of Baldwin, N.Y-based media appraiser Kevin Kamen, who...