Bin Laden: Goal is to bankrupt U.S.!!!

In the case, you have forgotten that.

Wall Street Whiplash: Dow Closes Up 200

The market was down 190 points, then climbed up 250 points before ending up 200.

The CA Majority Report // Breaking News: Obama Support!

The California Teachers' Union will NOT be endorsing Hillary Clinton at this time, because the "rank and file" mutinied against the leadership re: their "coronation" efforts before Feb. 5th! Not so fast, the members say...

Airports to Avoid at All Cost

The top places to avoid, unless you like being trapped on the tarmac.

Obama could have just thrown me under the bus.

I looked at Obama. I was just horrified. And Obama whispered, 'Katrina. Katrina.' The question was on Katrina! So I said, 'On Katrina, my policy . . .' Obama could have just thrown me under the bus. So I said, 'Obama, that was good of you to do that.'"

Go to any Best Buy tomorrow and just TRY to buy these DVDS!

Silly Jason. He thought a Best Buy sign reading "2 for $25" meant he could buy two DVDs for $25. He obviously didn't read the part of the sign that requires customers to buy Saw IV.Oh, that's not part of the sign? Then why did the manager of the Best Buy in Beaumont, TX refuse to honor the in-store advertisement? Read Jason's story.

Americans slow to spend down IRA balances

Americans who have money stored in Individual Retirement Accounts tend to hang on to it for use in the later years of their retirement, according to a study being released Monday.

Randall Munroe of xkcd endorses Obama

"I want, for once, someone I can vote for not because I dislike the other candidate, but because I’m proud of mine. Obama is the real thing."

10 Tips: What to do with tax rebate?

Under a federal government stimulus plan, checks would be sent out in amounts ranging from $300 to $1,200 per household. How should you spend it?

McCain guarantees future wars

Senator and GOP presidential hopeful pledges ready access to health care for veterans injured in Iraq... and beyond.

Ever Steal From a Hotel? Give it Back

D.C.'s Mayflower Hotel asks guests to retun pilfered items, promises amnesty.

10 Tips front page

End-of-year congressional votes to change the tax code have created havoc for the Internal Revenue Service and top the list of problems bedeviling taxpayers, according to an annual report released Wednesday.

CFO Allegedly Loved 'Em, Left 'Em w/STDs

Women say former WellPoint CFO spread STDs, pressured one for an abortion.

Planning for Your Company's Future

Ensure that your company is headed in the right direction with these few steps.

Steamy Airline Drama Grips Thailand

Thai Airways objects to steamy Thai soap opera about flight attendants.

2007: Safest Year to Fly Since 1963

Last year saw the least number of accidents in decades; 965 people died.

WHO FED ROMNEY THE ANSWER?? LISTEN AGAIN

Someone whispers "he raised taxes" to Romney before he began to answer the social security question.

Goldman, Credit Suisse to cut about 2,000 jobs (Reuters)

Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group and Credit
Suisse Group on Friday said they will cut about 2,000
job worldwide as a credit crisis puts a damper on fixed-income
trading and corporate dealmaking.

Recession 2008: How bad it can get

Many economists are predicting a short, shallow recession. But there's also a significant risk of a more serious economic decline.

Angry Employee Deletes All of Company's Data

Woman thinks she's about to be fired, goes into office over weekend and destroys past 7 years' worth of archives.

Are we already in a recession?

Economists debate whether the economy may be headed for recession, but many readers believe we are already in one.? The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com’s John W. Schoen.

Obama: Clintons will 'say anything' for Political Gain

Obama charged that Clinton and her husband have been duplicitous in campaign trail attacks on his record, suggesting that the Clintons have shown a willingness to “fudge the truth” and will “say anything to get a political or tactical advantage.

In uncertain times, invest in the long-term

While Wall Street debates whether the U.S. is headed for recession, investors don't have to wait for an answer — they can take steps to limit their risks.

Live on Camera - News Crew attacked by Palestinian Snipers

A must see movie - a short while after Palestinian snipers shot dead a volunteer from Ecuador, the news team covering the incident became the next target. The camera caught it all - the fear, the uncertainty, knowing your life can end with the next bullet.

IRS may restrict tax-refund loans

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it may restrict tax preparers such as H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service from offering refund loans to customers to prevent fraud.

Sen. Explains Stimulus with Barnyard Math

Lawmaker relies on chicken and the egg mathematics for stimulus explainer.

FBI 'covers up' file of nuclear-secrets theft

THE FBI has been accused of covering up a key case file detailing evidence against corrupt government officials and their dealings with a network stealing nuclear secrets. The assertion follows allegations made in The Sunday Times two weeks ago by Sibel Edmonds, an FBI whistleblower, who worked on the agency’s investigation of the network.

IRS Audits of Millionaires on the Rise

The Internal Revenue Service audited 1 out of every 11 millionaires in 2007.

E-mails missing from day WH was told to preserve leak docs

Among the sixteen days for which e-mails are missing from Vice President Cheney's office is Sept. 30, 2003. That day, the day the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced they were investigating who outed former CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson.

Huckabee gave speech to white supremacists

well before he was a nationally known political star, Huckabee nurtured a relationship with America's largest white supremacist group, the Council of Conservative Citizens. The extent of Huckabee's interaction with the racist group is unclear, but this much is known: he accepted an invitation to speak at the group's annual conference in 1993.

Your money is no good at the Taj Mahal

In yet another troubling sign for the greenback, at least one of the seven wonders of the world is now off limits if you have only U.S. currency in your pocket.

Taxpayers getting more privacy with new rule

The final rules issued by the IRS on Thursday require tax preparers to get informed consent before disclosing tax information to third parties or using it for non-return purposes.

ALL BUSINESS: More misfortune for banks (AP)

AP - Contrarian investors who think now is the time to start buying beaten-down banking stocks could be in for a shock if they don't carefully review those companies' distressed home-equity loan portfolios.

How to recover from holiday ‘debt hangover’

As the credit card bills start rolling in this month from the recent holiday season, many consumers are going to get that queasy feeling that they've overindulged.

Wall St rebounds on bargain hunting (FT.com)

FT.com - Wall Street stocks rebounded on Friday after worries that the US economy may be heading into recession prompted equities to sink to their lowest level since October 2006.

GE profit meets expectations (Reuters)

Reuters - General Electric Co posted a 4
percent rise in net profit on Friday, matching Wall Street
expectations, with strong demand for heavy equipment from
outside the United States offsetting the effects of a slowing
domestic economy.

Answer Desk: Questions we didn’t get to in 2007

We get all kinds of business and financial questions at the Answer Desk. Here are some we didn’t get to in 2007. The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com’s John W. Schoen.

Congress Asks Bernanke What to Do

Tax rebates or permanent cuts? Bernanke: not my role, but something immediate.

Michigan's Ominous Message for Hillary Clinton

Analysis of Hillary's inability to convincingly win a state where she had no opposition.

Pot activist Emery cuts deal for jail sentence with U.S.

Does this count as extraordinary rendition? Marc Emery has never set foot in the US, and his seed-selling business was tolerated in Canada. But the long arm of the DEA apparently no longer needs to respect national borders, so Marc Emery cut a deal to prevent his two friends from going to jail, too.

BA Unveils New Terminal at Heathrow

The giant terminal features and astonishing 112 stores and restaurants.

Housing Slump? Not in Manhattan

Some New Yorkers still shell out millions for lavish apartments.

MSNBC Uninvites Kucinich To Vegas Debate

The original criteria for the debate called for the inclusion of the top four democratic candidates in national polling. When Bill Richardson dropping out of the race last week, that moved Kucinich to fourth place in polls. NBC decided to change the criteria to feature only the top three Dem. candidates: Clinton, Edwards, and Obama.

10 Tips: Happy returns after the holidays

Want to return an unwanted gift? If you attempt to return stuff this year, these tips can help you play the returns game successfully or decide in advance to avoid the game altogether.

Millions Lose Homes, Lender CEO Gets $88M

Mortgage giant Countrywide is at the center of subprime crisis.

Delta Could Merge with United, Northwest

A merger would create the biggest airline in the US eclipsing American Airlines.

Audit: 308,000 barrels missing from Petroleum Reserve

How do you not notice when 308,000 barrels of oil go missing? That's the question government auditors were asking after they looked into the Department of Energy's management of oil received for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

This man predicted the 1987 Economic Recession in 1983.

More color in the hair but the message remains the same.

80 Arrested Outside Supreme Court

Eighty people were arrested at the Supreme Court in a protest calling for the shutdown of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Mercedes comes to Motown with "modest" SUV (Reuters)

Reuters - German luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz
unveiled a small sports utility vehicle (SUV) on Saturday to
pursue a profitable niche market as more carmakers target
upgrades in off-road models for urban drivers.

Musharraf Warns U.S. Not To Trespass

Pakistan's beleaguered president Pervez Musharraf has again warned the U.S. to keep troops off his country's soil. In a new interview, Musharraf says American troops would be regarded as invaders, and would "regret" the trespass.

Answer Desk front page

Although Uncle Sam might not usually be included in your holiday plans, wrapping up a few simple financial tasks before the end of the year can help carry the joy of the season all the way through April 15. ?Financial Editor Jean Chatzky shares practical advice on how to prepare your accounts for the new year.

Use of Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions

In a 2005 incident, Blackwater employees dropped CS gas on Iraqi civilians -- and on US soldiers operating a checkpoint. “This was decidedly uncool and very, very dangerous,” said an Army Captain.

Inside Russian nuclear sub

You normally have to be an enlisted seaman with unquestionable loyalty to see what this video shows. Take a look at the interior of a real-deal Russian nuclear submarine one of those that had to start havoc in the U.S. in case of a war against the Soviet Union.

Kucinich Asks for New Hampshire Recount

Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, has sent a letter to the New Hampshire Secretary of State asking for a recount of Tuesday's election because of "unexplained disparities between hand-counted ballots and machine-counted ballots."

How To Travel Well On A Weak Dollar

With a pricy euro and pound consider going to one of these ritzy places instead.

IRS: You may have to wait for your tax refund

More than 3 million people will have to wait until February to get their tax refunds because of Congress' late fix to the alternative minimum tax, the IRS said Thursday.

This Year, Vote For Change!

Folks it's in your hands. This year, make the difference. Vote for change!

Even Conservative Media Chorus Sings Obama's Praises

Barack Obama, now the media's odds-on favorite to win the White House, is drawing effusive praise from the chattering classes.

CNN reports Clinton wins New Hampshire

Early exit polling showed Obama led Clinton 44 percent to 24 percent among men, college-educated voters and voters who describe themselves as both liberals and moderates.

Ford CEO says U.S. economy a concern (Reuters)

Reuters - Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive
Alan Mulally said on Tuesday that the U.S. economy is "clearly
a concern" and the automaker will cut production as needed if
market demand for vehicles weakened.

Three Fed banks sought deeper Dec discount rate cut (Reuters)

Reuters - Three regional Federal Reserve banks
sought a half-percentage-point cut in the discount rate ahead
of December's Fed policy meeting, minutes of the Fed Board's
discount rate meetings showed on Tuesday.

10 Tips: New Year’s resolutions from readers

Are you wishing you could do a better job financially in 2008? If so, many msnbc.com readers took the time to send all sorts of practical, money-saving ideas.

Huckabee tax plan raises eyebrows in US

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's plan to eliminate all income taxes and replace them with a flat consumption tax has the support of martial arts guru Chuck Norris but few economic analysts.

DNA Clears Man of Rape After 26 Years

Three times during his nearly 27 years in prison, Charles Chatman went before a parole board and refused to admit he was a rapist. His steadfastness was vindicated Thursday, when a judge released him because of new DNA evidence showing he indeed was not.

Job growth skids to near halt (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. jobs growth skidded to a
near-halt in December and the unemployment rate hit a two-year
high, according to a government report on Friday that raised
recession fears and chances of more interest-rate cuts.

U.S. video game industry growth seen slowing (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. video game industry sales growth
is expected to slow in 2008 as accelerated demand for software
is tempered by a decline in hardware revenue, the Consumer
Electronics Association said on Saturday.

Alternative minimum tax growth blocked

Congress acted in its final hours Wednesday to block growth of the alternative minimum tax, putting off an economic hardship affecting more than 20 million taxpayers.

Single trader behind $100 a barrel oil record price

The New York Mercantile Exchange confirmed that US crude oil futures traded just once in triple figures. One floor trader, seeking bragging rights and a minute of fame, bought 1,000 barrels (at $100), the smallest amount permitted, and sold it immediately for $99.40 at a $600 loss.

Say No To Iowa & NH...Their Reply: Get Over Yourselves

More reasons starting caucuses-primaries in Iowa (& NH) is moronic. Includes some amusing, angry emails from Iowa voters. 1 email: "...people who question Iowa are no nothings...Just because you have an education doesn't mean you know sh*t about sh*t..."

China To Expand Lethal Injections

China is to expand the use of lethal injections to replace execution by shooting, a senior official has said.

Bush Administration Authorizes Selling Military Secrets to China

The administration is facing questions from weapons experts about whether some equipment; newly authorized for export to Chinese companies; could instead end up helping China modernize its military.

Mayhem and Madness in a Shot Glass

Absinthe spurred Van Gogh to remove ear; now liquor is in a store near you.

White House "More Aid Needed for Housing Market"

More steps by Congress and the Bush administration are likely needed to stabilize the imploding U.S. housing market, a senior White House official said on Tuesday, as more signs of distress appear.

OPEC may raise output at Feb 1 meet: Indonesia OPEC gov (Reuters)

Reuters - OPEC may decide to increase oil output
at its February 1 meeting in Vienna if supply is not
sufficient, Indonesia's OPEC governor told Reuters on Thursday.

The Viewer's Strike of 2008

The Writer's Strike of 2007 could potentially open the doors to better entertainment across the Internet, leading more Americans to truly "Fair and Balanced" news sources that they can actually trust. Help us bring down the cable box stranglehold and support the web alternative by telling everyone you know about the Viewer's Strike of 2008!

How to Protect Your New Gifts

Consumer correspondent Elisabeth Leamy warns about product warranties.

Fixed-income investing beyond the bank

Interest rates are down and may go down more. That’s not so hot if you want to buy bonds or put money in the bank. So where’s the best place to put your fixed-income holdings?

Don't Tell Bill: Hillary Says He Won't Have a Policy Role

If she makes it to the White House, Sen. Hillary Clinton said today her husband will take on the same responsibilities as traditional presidential spouses, with no access to National Security Council meetings.