Home Depot to cut 500 jobs (Reuters)

Reuters - Home Depot Inc , the world's top
home improvement retailer, said on Thursday it will cut 500
jobs at its Atlanta store support center, or about 10 percent
of the headquarters staff.

Fund managers: Keep cool in volatile market

Stock markets are likely to remain volatile for some time dogged by persistent worries about a U.S. recession and the credit crunch, fund managers said on Wednesday, with Fidelity advising investors to keep their cool.

Gravel: Bush worst President ever, Florida Giuliani's grave

Rising food prices are a threat to many; they also present the world with an enormous opportunity

Barack Obama's response to Bush's final State of the Union

Barack Obama responds to George W. Bush's final State of the Union address.

Yahoo Plans to Lay Off 1,000 Workers

After 23 percent profit drop, Internet giant draws up layoff plans.

China concerns delay HK trade by mainlanders (FT.com)

FT.com - China's worries over the subprime debacle are contributing to delays in allowing individual mainland citizens to buy shares on the Hong Kong stock market, the head of the self-governing territory's central bank said on Tuesday.

French Trader Fingers His Bosses

Report: Jerome Kerviel says his bosses were aware of his financial risk taking.

Chavez Urges Withdrawals From U.S. Banks

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his Latin American allies on Saturday to begin withdrawing billions of dollars in international reserves from U.S. banks, warning of a looming U.S. economic crisis.

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Before You Run to The Polls: Grab Paper and Pencil

South Carolina's Republican presidential primary last weekend raised new concerns. In Horry County, which includes Myrtle Beach, election workers were unable to get about 80 percent of the touch-screen machines running on time. Many voters had to use emergency paper ballots. And some were told to come back later when the paper ballots ran out.

U.S. sales slowdown hits McDonald's (AP)

AP - McDonald's Corp. showed its first sign of vulnerability to the U.S. economic slowdown Monday and uneasy investors responded by selling off the fast-food chain's stock despite its booming international sales and healthy $1.27 billion profit.

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?

Senator Mike Gravel on the Oppressive Nature of Religion.

One question that seems to embarrass all Presidential candidates is the question on Evolution. Some refuse to recognize its existence as a legitimate theory and prefer to let religious beliefs dictate their political message. Others refuse to discuss or advocate for the views of atheists, merely because they represent a minority of votes

Banter Is Enouraged at Some Workplaces

Small business owners should welcome employee chatter.

How Will You Spend Your Rebate?

From shoes to savings, some already know how they'll use government refunds.

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.

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

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

As economy tumbles, retirees scramble to cope

Rising food and fuel prices, falling interest rates and screeching declines in global stock markets have retirees paring spending to levels some haven't seen in decades.

Asian Markets Rally After Wall Street's Gains

European markets also rose in early trading.

Michael Weiner-Savage Losing Advertisers Over Hate Speech

The Weiner Man is just one in a huge gaggle of right wing nut jobs on the radio, but his brand of hate stands alone. The poor guy was canned last year by his management agency for attacking Melissa Etheridge and lesbians and now the schmuck is finally being dumped by some of his biggest sponsors.

What part will you play in the war on Scientology?

Digging, harassing phone calls, telling your friends, haxxoring? Other folks are working hard - Are you?

Fed Cuts Rates 3/4% in Futile Attempt to Stave off Recession

"The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates in an emergency move for the first time since 2001 after tumbling global stock markets and a jump in the U.S. unemployment threatened to push the economy into recession.The central bank lowered the benchmark overnight lending rate to 3.5 percent from 4.25 percent,"

Wall Street: Even Apple Can Go Soft

Apple blew past Wall Street's expectations, but low forecast made shares plunge.

Which businesses hold up well in a recession?

A reader wonders which businesses do well when the economy heads south.? The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com’s John W. Schoen.

Your 2008 Plan for Success

It's a new year, and 2008 can be the best year ever for you and your business.

Taxman giveth this holiday season

Just in time for Christmas, Oregon taxpayers have gotten some extra spending money from an unlikely Santa Claus: their state government.

Boomers' Benefits Rush Could Cost Them

First baby boomers turn 62 this year, can opt for Social Security benefits.

What Will Bush's $140B Tax Break Get You?

President Bush calls for tax stimulus package, most taxpayers will get refund.

Late payments on consumer loans climb

Late payments on consumer loans, including those for autos, home improvement and certain home equity loans, have hit their highest point since the last U.S. recession.

BA Unveils New Terminal at Heathrow

The giant terminal features and astonishing 112 stores and restaurants.

Wall St. drops as Bush rescue plan disappoints (Reuters)

Reuters - Stocks tumbled for a fourth day on
Friday to close out the worst week for the S&P 500 in five
years on worry that a White House effort to boost the economy
may not prevent a recession.

Russia's latest?combat helicopter?- 'The Night Killer'

Mi-28N is a present day dedicated attack helicopter of the Russian Air Force with all weather day-and-night operation capability. By 2010 as many as 50 Night Hunters will be in service.

US recession creates "meltdown" in stock markets

European and Asian stock markets report a fall following fears of a US recession.

Bush Sees Stimulus Of Up To $150 Bil To Bolster Economy (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - President Bush on Friday called for a $140 billion to $150 billion stimulus package, saying the U.S. needs a "shot in the arm" to keep housing woes from spreading.

Jobs, Apple Push 'Swinging for the Fences'

Steve Jobs, Apple's stock plunge and why the competition hasn't caught on.

Pull Over: Worst States for Speeding

Even a first offense can bring a four-digit fine in some parts of the country.

Fed's Economic Outlook: Bleak

The Federal Reserve is concerned as businesses and consumers hold back spending.

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.

Las Vegas Review Journal To Endorse Barack Obama

It's only a small blurb on the paper's website, but it's an important one: The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada's biggest newspaper, will endorse Obama in tomorrow's edition, the paper announced tonight.

Tesco helps push FTSE into red (FT.com)

FT.com - The FTSE 100 fell sharply on Tuesday as grocer Tesco provided further evidence of a retail spending slowdown.

UK Jails Considering RFID Implants For Prisoners

In a decidedly Orwellian turn, British authorities are considering a proposal to implant "machine-readable" RFID tags under the skin of some prison inmates as part of a plan to free up space. Just like the nightmare world described in your favorite cautionary tales, the chips would enable authorities to track prisoners.

Artificial Intelligence

President George W. Bush hasn't accomplished much on his voyage to the Middle East, but he did take the time to inflict another wound on the entire U.S. intelligence community—and on the credibility of anything he might ever again say about the world.

Shopping To Be a Whole New Experience

By summer, ads could target your cart according to where you are in a store.

Waterboarding would be torture if it were me, Mike McConnell

US national intelligence chief Mike McConnell has said the interrogation technique of water-boarding "would be torture" if he was subjected to it.

Texas judge rules in favor of strip-club tax

A judge has denied a request from owners of nude entertainment clubs to temporarily block Texas' upcoming $5-per-person strip club fee from taking effect.

Dad Sodomized A-Hole Teen Stepson Who Raped His Daughter

The daughter was 8 years old. His stepson is 18. The mom posts bond for the jerk, but the dad offers to pick him up from jail. After getting his stepson from jail, the man drove to an abandoned house in Fort Worth, beat his stepson with a baseball bat and sodomized him with a metal tool, police said.

Left-out territories earn place on quarter

After nearly 10 years of lobbying, a measure will extend the popular state quarter program to the nation's capital as well as five territories.

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.

Pentagon : Drug Troops to Numb Them to Horrors of War

In June, the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health acknowledged "daunting and growing" psychological problems among our troops: Nearly 40 percent of soldiers, a third of Marines and half of National Guard members are presenting with serious mental health issues.

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.

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?

Why Your Internet Job Search Isn't Working

How to steer clear of common errors and find that perfect job in 2008.

Magistrate orders White House to turn over info on emails

A federal magistrate ordered the White House on Tuesday to reveal whether copies of possibly millions of missing e-mails are stored on computer backup tapes.The order by U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola comes amid an effort by the White House to scuttle two lawsuits that could force the Executive Office of the President to recover any e-mail

Laid Off CompUSA Employees Sneak Photos on Online Store

So you're about to be laid off by you megacorporation that thoroughly mismanaged its position in the market and is giving you the shaft because of it. What's a CompUSA employee to do? We'd say adding your own photos to LCD product shots on the online store is as good a way as any.

Congress Mulls Renewing Do-Not-Call List

The government debates renewing the do-not-call registry; 150 million on list.

Futures drop after Capital One warning (Reuters)

Reuters - Stock futures dropped on Thursday as a
profit warning from Capital One Financial Corp , a
credit card issuer and banking company, fueled concerns about
the impact of the credit crisis and fallout from the housing
slump.

Countrywide says foreclosures highest on record (Reuters)

Reuters - Countrywide Financial Corp, the
largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Wednesday that
foreclosures and late payments rose in December to the highest
on record, sending its shares tumbling for a second day to
their lowest in nearly 13 years.

Romney Supporters Yank McCain Signs Replace w/ Romney Signs

Tv crew catches team of romney backers yanking McCain signs at NH event.

Giuliani invokes 9/11 when asked about Hillary’s tears

this is hysterical

RedState Tells Readers Scoop Developers Are All Liberals

Eagle Publishing obviously didn't make enough money to cover costs and all Scoop developers are evil leftists who won't fix the site for free.

McCain: I would have started Iraq war regardless of WMD

(w/video) When Russert asked him if, like Bush, McCain would have supported the Iraq war even if no weapons of mass destruction were believed present in Iraq, McCain seemed to dismiss the question as irrelevant.

Forget Weather, Airlines Cause Own Delays

Pilot shortages, long refuelings and mechanical breakdowns are root of delays.

For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets

A WHISTLEBLOWER has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets. Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator for the FBI, listened into hundreds of sensitive intercepted conversations while based at the agency

Japan proposes Net censorship, watermarking

The Japanese government may begin to more heavily scrutinize websites mobile content and file sharing if a series of proposals go through. "Harmful" content could be censored and copyrighted files would be watermarked under two of the proposals.

How Children Are Abused in the Name of God

Children cannot benefit from the readily-available medical treatments that might save their lives, or at least mitigate their suffering. Because the tenets of their parents’ religious faiths mandate it, their ailments are treated by prayer rather than medical science. The results are tragic.

Bill Moyers Journal: Crashing The Parties? Viewer Comments

Bill Moyers interviews Ron Paul & Dennis Kucinich. Does the two-party system adequately provide citizens with real choices on various issues? If not, can citizens reform the parties to change this?As Ron Paul’s Web-based, grassroots-driven campaign has seen some success, do you think the Internet can democratize the political process?

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.

Sky-High Year for Boeing

Boeing wins a record 1,413 orders in 2007, delivering 441 jets.

Don't Get Drunk, Get a Raise!

Holiday office parties are a great place to get a new job.

Southern Farmers Fret As Cold Sets In

Southern Farmers Scramble to Protect Crops From Freeze; Snowfall Continues in North

What does ‘core’ inflation mean anyway?

Last week's reports on a strong uptick in prices have readers wondering how worried they should be about inflation.? The Answer Desk by msnbc.com's John W. Schoen.

Housing Slump? Not in Manhattan

Some New Yorkers still shell out millions for lavish apartments.

What we know. The CIA stonewalled Us. by Kean & Hamilton

What we do know is that government officials decided not to inform a lawfully constituted body, created by Congress and the president, to investigate one the greatest tragedies to confront this country. We call that obstruction.

BUSTED - Mitt Romney Profits From Offshore Tax Havens!

While in private business, Mitt Romney utilized shell companies in two offshore tax havens to help eligible investors avoid paying U.S. taxes, federal and state records show. His campaign cites his record while governor of Massachusetts of closing state tax loopholes; his involvement with foreign tax havens had not previously come to light.

The Must-See Top Ads of 2007

Geico's cavemen, an amateur Doritos ad and Dove soap all make this year's list.

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.