Although Dennis Haysbert and Dean Winters might disagree, it seems that there might actually be a time when it's appropriate to drive recklessly. more ›

The mortgage securities crisis that nearly brought down the economy didn't just hurt homeowners. Allstate filed a lawsuit against Bank of America and 17 other defendants over understating the risks on more than $700 million in toxic mortgages it bought from Countrywide Financial. Bank of America bought Countrywide in 2008. more ›

The new United We Work site - which just went public this week - seems to be catching on. Free for job seekers and employers alike through the end of the year, the site is expected to have 500,000 job openings posted by the end of this week. The incentive for employers to use the site, is a reduction in the cost of hiring because the responsibility for finding qualified candidates is shared across participating employers. “We believe that if we can break those [cost barriers] down, it may stimulate an employer to hire now instead of waiting six months,” Jason Kerr, founder of QuietAgent told the Tribune. more ›