Stocks Surge on Geithner Pick

Analyst Actions: Gap, Autodesk, REITs

S&P Picks and Pans: Citigroup, CBS, Gap, Whole Foods, Dell

Dodie Smith

Dodie Smith was a successful English playwright of the 1930s who is now more famous for her novels for young readers, I Capture the Castle and ... more

Movers: Citi, GM, GAP, Dell, Wal-Mart

What Five Key Stock-Market Signals Are Telling Us Now

Stock Screen: Finding the Right REITs

Citigroup's Worries Mount

King Louis XVI

King Louis XVI of France was the unfortunate monarch executed during the 1789 French Revolution. He succeeded his grandfather, Louis XV, in 1774 and inherited a looming financial crisis just as ... more

Stocks Drop to New Lows

Vital Signs: Housing and Spending Still Look Weak

Analyst Actions: Verifone, Gymboree, Petsmart

S&P Picks and Pans: Citigroup, General Motors, Suntech Power, Men's Wearhouse, Intuit

Movers: Citigroup, Gymboree, Limited Brands, Intuit

Randolph Bourne

An essayist and intellectual who lived in Greenwich Village, Bourne is an early figure of America's "bohemian" counterculture. Bourne was maimed by forceps during his birth, giving him a disfigured ... more

October Brings Falling Inflation

Deflation: What Investors Need to Know

Regulating Credit Default Swaps: Will It Work?

Retail Bankruptcy: Only the Strong Will Survive

Stocks Plunge as Economic Gloom Deepens

Charles Messier

Charles Messier was a French astronomical observer whose accomplishments were so great the king, Louis XV, famously called him "my little comet ferret." Employed by astronomer Nicolas Delisle in ... more