Richard Zombeck

Founder, Home Preservation Network at www.hpnhelp.com

Lew was offered a $940,000 bonus from Citigroup if he could land a job in government. That's one hell of a carrot. And here he is interviewing for Geithner's job.

Scott Paul

President, Alliance for American Manufacturing

Sooner or later, these spectacles will lose their excitement and Capitol Hill will come back to this reality: The economy is still broken. So why not start fixing it now?

Richard Leblanc

Lawyer, Consultant, Researcher

What are we to take from this, from a governance and accountability perspective? First, the directors who received less than 60 percent should all be replaced.

Dr. Peggy Drexler

Author, research psychologist and gender scholar

Many feminists have rejected the notion that women can be sexist towards men because women lack the institutional power than men have. Except we know that's changing.

Jerry Jasinowski

Fmr. President of the National Association of Manufacturers

There will undoubtedly be many viable uses for smart vehicles in industry, commerce and the military but they will be hard sell for consumers -- including this one.

Timothy Beardson

Author, 'Stumbling Giant: The Threat to China's Future'

China's environmental problems are immense, not least those connected to its voracious and inefficient use of coal. In 2011, for example, the country used almost half of global coal consumption, although its economy is still around half the size of the U.S.

Jared Bernstein

Fmr. Obama administration economist; CNBC and MSNBC contributor

Technology and tax law have led to the emergence of what international tax analyst Ed Kleinbard calls "stateless income," a phenomenon that was on full display at the Apple hearing yesterday.

Richard Barrington

CFA, MoneyRates.com

What's the Triple Crown of personal finances? Think about the biggest financial responsibilities most families face: buying a house, paying for college and saving for retirement.

Carl Pope

Former executive director and chairman, Sierra Club

What is mystifying is why almost all of America's political class is willing to support a set of policy decisions whose outcomes will be to impoverish most Americans and weaken the nation.

Lili Balfour

Founder of Atelier Advisors. Creator of Finance for Startups. Author of Master the Finance Game.

All smart entrepreneurs know to seek legal council prior to signing off on a term sheet. However, even those who do understand the terms, tend to visualize a profitable exit,

Suzana Popovic-Montag and Ian M. Hull

The baby boomer generation should be paying particular attention to their estate plans. It is a generation that is participating in a large generational transfer of wealth and it is a generation that has increasingly more time on its hands.

Deborah Nixon

Trust Expert, MyMoneyMindset Founder

I've been thinking about feedback lately. As long as the feedback is positive, leaders are open to providing it. The difficulty is the delivery of negative feedback. When leaders find themselves in this situation, they become uncomfortable.

Nick Beecroft

Senior Markets Analyst and Chairman at Saxo Capital Markets UK

Wednesday's prepared testimony by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress seemed to start out as a bravura effort designed to silence recent chatter about the Fed's so-called 'exit strategy' i.e. the 'tapering' off of its quantitative easing program.

Amanda Schneider

Workplace design expert

Despite productivity levels reaching an all-time high, morale is flagging and more and more people are just going through the motions. There are fewer people doing more work which leads to fewer breaks, longer hours and less sleep.

Leilani Münter

Race car driver, environmental activist

Free market economics is touted by conservatives, and yet almost routinely now we are seeing legislation being introduced designed solely to block the competition that Tesla is bringing to the old guard.

Lee A. Saunders

President, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO

Scott Walker and his tea party cohorts bought the snake oil of austerity. They forced the Badger State to drink it. And Wisconsin's families are suffering because the governor ignored the evidence that it is a toxic brew.

ProudToBeMe

Online community for teens promoting positive body image

I am thrilled to see Abercrombie finally issue what I believe to be a heartfelt apology and I am cautiously optimistic that our hard work has paid off. Abercrombie made a clear commitment and I am determined to ensure that they see it through.