U.S. Business

Geithner: Unemployment could go up

Rachel Maddow talks to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner about the unemployment rate and prospects for the rest of the year

March Madness: Why not 96 teams?

Craving even more madness, some say the NCAA's 65-team basketball tournament is a few dozen teams short

Chris Dodd vs. Wall Street

Senator Dodd has finally unveiled his financial reform package — and it's harder on banks that expected. Will Wall Street squelch the bill?

Lehman Brothers' autopsy

The collapse of the once powerful investment bank Lehman Brothers helped push the financial system closer to the brink of disaster. But in the end, says Rick Newman in U.S. News & World Report, maybe that was a good thing.

Was AIG a good bet, after all?

The taxpayers' $182 billion rescue of AIG was intensely controversial — but, says Daniel Gross in Slate, it might not cost public as much as critics feared

U.S. Mail: Only 3 days a week?

Will a new plan to cut back delivery save the hemorrhaging United States Post Office — or kill it?

Is network news washed up?

What deep cuts at ABC and CBS mean for the future of TV news

What is the Bloom Box, anyway?

The Week's instant guide to the brick-size energy device that everyone is talking about — and how it could transform the way we power our lives

Walmart vs. Netflix

Reportedly, Walmart is trying (again) to battle Netflix by buying video-streaming service Vudu. Will the mega-retailer win this time?

Apple's war on porn?

2 million stimulus jobs? Really?

Obama declared the stimulus a stunning success. Did it create as many jobs as the president says?

What is Chatroulette?

The NSFW social media site is being pegged as a potential "Facebook 2.0." Here, a guide to the newest web sensation.

Is Google Buzz a bomb?

Google's new social networking app isn't revolutionizing life on Earth...at least not yet

S.I. Swimsuit Issue: A skimpy timeline

10 milestones in the controversial, bikini-crazed history of Sports Illustrated's annual tradition

Is Hef killing Playboy?

Is Playboy-in-chief Hugh Hefner sacrificing his business empire for busty blondes and bling?

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