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Post | 11/20/2008 8:30 am

Big 3 Automakers Lectured About Excess by Congress

Three top auto CEOs each fly their own corporate jets to Washington to beg for $25 billion. What’s wrong with this picture?
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 11/17/2008 11:00 am

Pre-Christmas Gift: Citigroup to Slash 50,000 Jobs, While Goldman CEOs Give Up Bonuses

Seven Goldman execs to give up millions of dollars in bonuses amid economic crisis; Japan officially in recession, while U.S. Senate takes up potential auto bailout
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 11/17/2008 9:30 am

Barack and Michelle Obama Give First Big Interview Since Election (Video)

The Obamas talk to CBS about the economy, plans for raising little girls in White House, whether mom-in-law will move in and when they’re getting a new dog
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 11/13/2008 8:50 am

October Saw 85,000 More Home Foreclosures; New HUD Mortgage Rules

Last month’s foreclosure rate was 25% higher than October 2007; jobless claims reach 7-year high
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 11/11/2008 8:19 am

Palin's Communications Guru Discusses Gov's Game Plan

Kate Morgan, Sarah Palin’s communications specialist, gives an inside - and cryptic - view on where the Governor’s headed next
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 11/07/2008 10:30 am

With More Bad Economic News, Can Obama's Economic Team Help?

More than 240,000 jobs were lost in October, putting unemployment at a 14-year high; Obama’s economic team works on fixing things
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 10/30/2008 11:20 am

At Risk of Foreclosure? Help May Be on the Way

Treasury, FDIC working on plan to have government guarantee the mortgages of up to three million distressed homeowners; GDP shows signs of recession
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 10/29/2008 8:45 am

California Woman Chains Herself to Home to Prevent Bank From Taking It (Video)

June Reyno says Americans need to fight for their homes, ‘the American dream’ that’s been ‘shattered by these banks’
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 10/23/2008 10:40 am

Foreclosure Rates Up 21% From 1 Year Ago; Greenspan Details 'Credit Tsunami'

Bush administration floats plan to give banks incentive to turn troubled loans into more-affordable mortgages
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 10/23/2008 10:15 am

5 Things You Can Do If You Lose Your Job

As more employers impose hiring freezes or cut jobs altogether, here are five ways you can prepare yourself if you think you’re going to get the ax
By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Liz Smith

Liz Smith | 10/23/2008 9:00 am

Liz Smith: They Said What? More Quotables From the Grande Dame of Dish

wOw’s own Liz Smith presents a few of her favorite recent repeatables

Post | 10/22/2008 2:00 pm

Billionaire Media Tycoon Sumner Redstone Files for Divorce, Ex-Wife-to-Be Getting $5M

He’s 85. She’s 46. He’s a media mogul worth billions. She is a former schoolteacher. They were married five years
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 10/22/2008 9:05 am

The Cost of Looking Good on the Campaign Trail for Palin? $150K

Financial forms show the Republican National Committee has spent $150,000 on VP candidate’s clothes, hair and makeup since September
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 10/20/2008 11:50 am

Michelle Obama to Military Families: I Know You Feel Alone

Michelle Obama has been touring the country meeting with military families and working women — a cause she may own as First Lady
By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Post | 10/17/2008 9:20 am

Bush: Americans, Be Patient, Economy Will Get Better

President stresses that government intervention in markets is temporary, limited; Warren Buffett urges investors to buy American
By The Staff at wowOwow.com