That’s what the Mortgage Banker’s Association (MBA) said earlier this week. The MBA is a trade-group for companies involved in the home-financing industry. With over 3,000 member companies employing 350,000 professionals, it’s no surprise the...

Remember the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights?  Congress passed it earlier this year as a way to protect the consumer from those mean old credit card companies.  Part of the law gave credit card companies a little bit of lead time for the new...

The world is getting warmer! Humans are polluting and their pollution is making the world warmer faster! Unfortunately even I agree with this claim. The debate is how much humans really impact the rising temperatures. But that debate is not for...

One of the biggest companies you’ve never heard of went bankrupt yesterday.  It was the 5th largest in US history.  CIT Group, which is not to be confused with Citi, was one of the largest providers of financing to businesses.  They worked with 80%...

656,000.  Would you believe that is how many pieces of mail are delivered every day?  I’d hope not because the actual number is 660 million.  656,000 are the number of employees at the United States Postal Service.  That is second only to Walmart...

I could say something about how capitalism has ruined this holiday, but it’s going to be one of the few times of the year that The Sheconomist will let me eat tons of candy without getting in trouble. But you don’t get off scott free, your homework...