Concerned citizens can now track government spending at USASpending.gov. Users can view current and historical spending on contracts, grants, and loans, broken down by characteristics like...

I took the family to last night's Yankees-Mets game at the new Citi Field. We had a great time despite the very late hour. (More on that later.) This was the final game of the season between the crosstown rivals. Interleague play means that lots...

Home prices continue to fall, dropping another 18.7 percent in March. The price plunge is being blamed in part on the glut of cheap, foreclosed homes on the market. How cheap are these homes?...

What a boom it was! So much so that I just noticed a local Philly contractor, perhaps more honest than most, who named his business "Bubble Builders." In a sign of the times, I haven't...

Listeners of "The Numbers" segment on NPR's Marketplace, a daily recap of the stock market's action, thought its upbeat version of "We're in the Money" as background music is inappropriate for the...