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A host of upscale new drinking establishments means business travelers no longer have to languish at dreary, dingy airport bars.

It doesn't take much time or effort to start moonlighting on the internet.

Investors gear up for the second half after a rough first two quarters. Crude tops $143 a barrel, setting another intraday record before pulling back. H&R Block beats the Street.

Armed with a Swiss army knife and a dozen paper bags, Roger Kahn is preparing to lead a mushroom hunt into the woods surrounding the small mountain town of Crested Butte. His foraging party, assembling at the Community School, consists of about 30 of the 250 attendees at the Crested Butte Wild Mushroom Festival, which Kahn organizes every year.

That sound you hear is the popping of a financial bubble in housing, the economy and the market. And you can trace it all to Alan Greenspan's Federal Reserve.

When the future is uncertain, it can pay to split the difference on your investments. That way, if the price of being wrong is too high, you'll buy yourself a little peace of mind.

Sure, the economy is taking a bite. But Circuit City is still doing much worse than its competition. I'll short it as well as Blockbuster, which is considering a takeover of this electronic dog.

The bankruptcy reform law isn't working as advertised -- and lenders, whose loose lending standards contributed to the problem, appear to be abusing the system.

Controversy over a Pfizer anti-smoking drug is fueling debate about whether patients should be told of corporate ties -- or whether disclosure would 'confuse' them.

The oldies but goodies of baby boomers are all the rage.

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