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The New Economy Penny Pritzker steps into limelight as Commerce nominee

Penny Pritzker is first member of the wealthy family to accept a federal post. President Obama has nominated Penny Pritzker as Commerce secretary.  

Global News Blog Finishing school, Chinese style

Be polite even though I'm super rich and busy? Sara Jane Ho puts China's very important people to a global test. 

Cover Story Rent or own? The new sharing economy values access over ownership

To rent or own, that is the question posed by the burgeoning sharing economy. For a growing population engaged in this high-tech, low-cost 'collaborative economy,' access to cars, clothes, cuisine – or even a cat –  is better than ownership.

Why gun sales spike after mass shootings: It's not what you might think

After the Colorado shooting, gun sales have risen around the country. For some, it's because they want to buy a gun for self-protection. But there's a bigger reason, gun-shop owners say.

Vox News Acid-tongued broadcaster Keith Olbermann gets the boot from Al Gore's Current TV

Current TV has fired cable network broadcaster Keith Olbermann citing a lack of "respect, openness, collegiality, and loyalty to our viewers." Olbermann had been with Current TV for less than a year, and he had a volatile relationship with MSNBC before that.

Wall Street protests: Is a movement taking hold?

Wall Street protests have spread from New York to Boston to San Francisco. Occupy Wall Street activists are getting attention by holding sit-ins and dressing up as zombies, but are they on message?

Why New York's 'Silicon Alley' may never match Silicon Valley

New York will offer free land and up to $100 million in infrastructure funds to a university willing to establish a world-class, high-tech school in the city, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday.

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: secular humanist with a soul

Philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is a humanist whose life and work have been shaped by religion.

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold: movie review

'Super Size Me' director Morgan Spurlock spins a metadocumentary on branding and film in 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.'

Credit card chasm: Some get great rates. Others cut off.

Credit card companies are offering some of best teaser rates ever – if you have a job.

Enuf is enuf: DC spelling bee draws protests

Four protesters demonstrated outside the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday, demanding simplified spelling for the English language.

Does investing in China make sense?

Or is Beijing a boom town ready to bust?

Culture wars over Christmas displays: where the law stands

Christmas displays have been a big part of the culture wars for years, and 2009 is no different. Hot spots include Sonoma County in California, where angel and star ornaments in government buildings caused controversy.

Does J Street arrival signal a split in America's Israel lobby?

J Street challenges the dominant role AIPAC has played in defining how US Jews see Israel. Why is a prominent Israeli politician not attending J Street's national conference in Washington this week?.

Opinion: Societies don't have to be secular to be modern

An interview with Francis Fukuyama, author of 'The End of History and the Last Man.'

A Nepalese solar panel made from human hair? We're not convinced.

After slow start, more IPOs predicted in 2009

Fueling the optimism: the stock market’s recovery, and investors’ willingness to take risks again, especially in the case of IPOs, where companies are selling stock to the public for the first time.

Many Iranian-American protesters fear to speak too boldly

They want the story of their homeland told, but they worry about reprisals against relatives in Iran, as well as from pro-regime groups here in the US.

China aims for its own Silicon Valley

Like the 'Asian tigers' before it, China is pushing into higher-end manufacturing and innovation.

In China, empty office spaces fill the sky

The global credit meltdown and Shanghai's slowing economy are chasing away big-time renters from the world's second-tallest building.

Ahmadinejad to dinner? Furor ensues over religious groups' event.

The Iranian leader's appearance at an interfaith iftar meal, expected Thursday, divides the faith community.

Obama's speech through the eyes of the media