Chief Economist Mike Mandel analyzes President Barack Obama's proposal to beef up U.S. financial regulation. His conclusion: It can't handle increasingly global financial institutions
Data security problems and pesky online forms make Internet shopping more trouble than it’s worth. Pro or Con?
Microsoft is under siege from rivals offering cheap or free software on the Web. So it's revamping its Office suite and shifting into online services
How making primary-care physicians the center of America's health-care system could drive down costs
It's boom times for the asset-forfeiture experts who reclaim ill-gotten gains from Ponzi schemes and other frauds
"My hometown of Birmingham, Ala., should take note of Birmingham (UK). Both have thriving arts and tech communities that are practically ignored by city leadership."
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In his rush to fix everything, Obama is skipping vital steps in the change process
Plenty of today's crises are the natural consequence of company leaders' ineffective or misdirected influence on workforce behavior, says Joseph Grenny