I've been practicing yoga for 11 years and it has changed my life. But since Wal-Mart yoga has moved into SoCal, the quality of the schools has depreciated and both the students and the instructors are worse off because of it. The schools have lost their personality and their uniqueness...

I spoke with business journalist Duff McDonald on the release of his new biography on Jamie Dimon, Last Man Standing. That day, the blogosphere was awash with conjecture about Dimon becoming Secretary of the Treasury. "I don't think so. Jamie Dimon does not have the temperament to be Secretary...

Attention airline passengers: Not only do you have to pay extra for your luggage, your meal, and your headphones, you now have a dress code on United Airlines. But that shouldn't surprise you. The airlines industry in general has been mismanaged for decades, including being overwhelmed with high labor...

A new documentary Directed by Michael Covel has been released that takes a hard look at the decisions we as a country make about money. Broke: The New American Dream is a study in Behavioral Finance -- how and why people do the things they do with their money --...

Uncertainty about Iran's leadership might have had as much to do with the increase in crude oil prices over the last 4 months as anything else. Under a powerful attack from former President Rafsanjani, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has been scrambling for his political life. The stakes are high for the...

The SEC has charged Angelo Mozilo with civil fraud and insider trading.

Civil fraud charges also were filed against Countrywide's former chief operating officer David Sambol and ex-chief financial officer Eric Sieracki, according to the AP.

Executives such as Mozilo are considered "Control People" because the decisions they make can...

Every month now, more companies fall victim to the global credit crisis. Some, such as Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns, are still fresh in our minds, but others that blew up years ago, such as Enron and Refco, have held on in the public consciousness. The sorry endings of these...

Oil prices have leapt off their lows in the face of a recession, and as is human nature, we want to know why. After trading in the low $40s in mid February, Crude Oil is now trading up over $60 per barrel -- a 50% increase in a little more...