Austerity, But Not For All

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. But is 2011 the year this adage no longer holds? More ›

Nicole Polizzi: Snooki

Should I call you Nicole or Snooki? Nicole, please. Do most people call you Nicole? No, but I miss it. You got a lot of attention for tweeting your support for John McCain because he wouldn’t tax tanning. More ›

The crush of the recession and the lagging recovery have forced factories to accelerate their use of technology, as they've chopped 15 percent of their workforce—or more than 2 million jobs—since 2007. More ›

This is the time of year when Congress is in transition and defeated politicians get together to reflect on what went wrong and to share their pain across party lines. "There's a new definition of bipartisanship in Washington. It's called former member," said Texas Rep. Chet Edwards. More ›

As more consumers are entering the videogame space through such new portals as Facebook and iPhone’s Game Central, console makers want a piece of this broader audience, too. So they’re turning to new interactive experiences that are simple enough for anyone to jump into and have fun with. More ›

Thanks to sophisticated imaging technology and a raft of longitudinal studies, we’re learning that the teen years are a period of crucial brain development subject to a host of environmental and genetic factors. More ›