Companies with biggest bets on the Super Bowl
 A 30-second ad spot in this year’s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. But despite spending this much to reach such a massive audience at once, the results are rarely impressive.
Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:14:10 GMT
N.Y. foreclosure lawsuit could slow home seizures
Bankers struggling to deal with faulty foreclosure paperwork just got hit with another major headache. New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, recently tapped by President Obama to head a new task force to investigate mortgage fraud, sued three major U.S.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:57:40 GMT
Nasdaq hits 11-year high as stocks jump
A surge in hiring last month boosted stock prices Friday, with the technology sector hitting an 11-year high as the data boosted hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:07:35 GMT
Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash
By msnbc.com staff and wire Steve Appleton, Chairman and CEO of Micron Technology, has passed away in a small plane accident in Boise, Idaho, the company said Friday.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:09:37 GMT
Recovery is gathering speed, jobs data show
 The economy is like a flywheel — it takes a lot to get it going. But once it starts moving, it can pick up speed pretty quickly. Friday’s jobs report shows it’s accelerating.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:57:26 GMT
Slideshow: What you can get for ... $400,000
 Each week, TODAY real estate expert Barbara Corcoran looks around the U.S. to see what home buyers can get for their money.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:16:28 GMT
Facebook pics lead to worker's comp denial
Pictures of carousing can come back to haunt you, as an injured worker in Arkansas found after his former employer and insurance company unearthed pictures of him online.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:53:51 GMT
Buzz: Paying your taxes, not paying your bills
 This week, we asked Life Inc. readers the hypothetical question: What would you give up in exchange for having someone else pay your bills for a month? The most popular answer: Television. “I gave up TV on my own a year ago.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:46:21 GMT
Companies paid even lower tax rate than Romney
According to new data from the Congressional Budget Office, U.S.-based companies paid only 12.1 percent in taxes on profits earned domestically. This is the lowest rate in four decades.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:28:05 GMT
Service sector growth highest in nearly year
The pace of growth in the U.S. services sector unexpectedly accelerated in January to its highest level in nearly a year, according to an industry report released on Friday.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:20:09 GMT
Where the (good) jobs are coming from
 We already know that one key way to make more money and stay employed is to get more education.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:05:09 GMT
Woman accused of selling fake Facebook stock
A Wisconsin woman has been charged with theft over accusations she tried to profit from Facebook's much-anticipated plans to go public by selling fake stock in the social media giant.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:42:05 GMT
Do you think economy has turned the corner?
The government reported Friday that the U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January. Do you think the recovery is accelerating?
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:21:23 GMT
Jobless rate lowest in almost three years
The U.S. economy creates jobs at the fastest pace in 9 months and the jobless rate drops to an almost 3-year low, raising hopes that the labor market is picking up steam.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:51:20 GMT
This Bud's for their best Super Bowl ads of all time
 While other corporations wring their hands over the decision to pay an average of $3.5 million on a 30 second Super Bowl ad in a down economy, The King of Beers continues to spend.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:02:15 GMT
Canada tops list of the most-educated countries
 In the past 50 years, college graduation rates in developed countries have increased nearly 200 percent, according to a recent report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:52:25 GMT
Love those cars ads? Buyer beware
Automakers are betting tens of millions of dollars they can score big with their Super Bowl commercials. But you need to separate the hype from reality because “car ads can lie.”
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:29:28 GMT
Where they touch down: Homes of the NFL stars
 NFL stars past and present are not exactly hurting when it comes to palatial digs big enough to host the neighbors Super Bowl Sunday. Which one of these guys would you like to score an invite from?
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:18:28 GMT
Facebook being worth $100B doesn't add up
 Facebook was famously born in a Harvard dorm room, which might be why its much-hyped valuation of $75 billion to $100 billion seems to suffer from grade inflation.
Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:15:02 GMT
How Ferris Bueller may kill off Super Bowl ads
 Earlier this week, a Super Bowl ad for the Honda CRV featuring Matthew Broderick in a send up of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off appeared online.
Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:28:18 GMT
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