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The Supreme Court opened the door for states to enforce fair-lending laws and other consumer protection measures when it struck down a rule that limited such powers to federal banking regulators Monday.The court decided that rules issued by federal banking regulators back in 1864 under the National...

It seems like a day for hubris and comeuppance in the corporate world. Dethroned New York governor Eliot Spitzer may be starting a "vulture fund," to make investment in distressed real estate projects. Meanwhile, Kenneth Lay's widow settled some fuss over her distressed real estate, a dispute over...

A recent Cal Tech study showed that when people think they are drinking an expensive wine, different areas of the brain are stimulated than if they are given the same wine and told it is cheap. The conclusion? Believing a wine is expensive truly makes it taste better. Perhaps that in part accounts...