economy

It's been an "interesting" few days in the financial markets.

Yesterday, the DOW dropped about 777 points. So far today, it's bounced back about half that.

Yesterday, the media went from being all "Rah! Rah! Huzzah! for not rushing the bill through without looking at it!" to "OMG! How could they not approve that! We're all gonna die!"Read more

These last few weeks have been filled with big deal news.

The biggest and most far-reaching, though, is the ongoing wrangling and hand wringing going on over the current state of U.S. (and therefore world) financial markets.

Make no mistake about it: things are bad and they'll probably get worse before they get better.Read more