Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/archive/business/harold-mass/1The Best of Today's Business by Harold Maassen-ushttp://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gifhttp://finance.yahoo.com14417Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:59:21 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/111452The House's rejection of the $700 billion bailout is felt around the world. Belgium and France step in to save another lender. And a Sun sets in New York.yahoo_finance/blogs/111452Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:59:21 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/111133As Congress approaches the bailout vote, credit markets are still frozen. Belgium and the Netherlands bail out Fortis, and Britain takes over Bradford and Bingley. And Detroit gets $25 billion, which doesn't look so bad these days.yahoo_finance/blogs/111133Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:13:16 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/110710Central banks pump cash into a lending wasteland. Washington Mutual logs the largest-ever bank failure, and JPMorgan scores a deal. And while some people fear a crash, others embrace one.yahoo_finance/blogs/110710Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:02:55 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/110427The $700 billion Wall Street bailout nears its final shape, with more cooks invited into the kitchen. Washington Mutual looks to buyout firms, as banks balk. And the U.S.'s gas tank is getting slightly closer to empty.yahoo_finance/blogs/110427Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:05:38 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/110088Chrysler jolts the auto world with three working electric cars. Warren Buffett votes for Goldman Sachs with $5 billion of his dollars. And Vespas are riding rough over other types of vehicles.yahoo_finance/blogs/110088Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:07:11 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/109791Singapore's sovereign wealth fund shifts to where the money is: in emerging markets. Congress and the Bush administration get closer to a bailout plan. And Lehman and AIG employees have at least one happy hour.yahoo_finance/blogs/109791Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:09:29 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/109480With the big Wall Street bailout coming, commodities are climbing back up. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley opt to become better-regulated banks, ending the gilded investment banking era. And the credit crunch hits Mary Poppins.yahoo_finance/blogs/109480Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:04:12 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/109051The SEC and U.K. regulators ban short-selling, and the markets rejoice. The U.S. starts work on a big plan to mop up toxic mortgage-backed assets. And Japan's naked bathers find themselves in an energy fight.yahoo_finance/blogs/109051Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:49:24 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/108714Central banks make a coordinated push to grease the wheels of finance, with $180 billion in extra liquidity. Britain's Lloyds TBS buys mortgage lender HBOS for $22 billion. And taxpayers will lose, or gain, billions in the AIG bailout.yahoo_finance/blogs/108714Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:05:35 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/108400Global economic confidence has seen better days, according to Bloomberg. The U.S. bails out AIG, averting a possible global meltdown. And an Australian pizza delivery man finds that time isn't money.yahoo_finance/blogs/108400Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:05:55 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/108107The Treasury Department, coincidentally, launches a kids' program on credit management today. HP lays off almost 8 percent of its workforce as it folds in EDS. And selling Merrill is good business for some of its fresh hires.yahoo_finance/blogs/108107Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:53:04 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/107718Central banks gear up to stem the damage from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the capitulation of Merrill Lynch. Hallmark sees profit in gay marriage. And Electronic Arts decides to go it alone, without committing Grand Theft.yahoo_finance/blogs/107718Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:00:18 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/107314As airlines demand more productivity, pilots might be getting dangerously fatigued. Lehman Brothers starts shopping itself around, with some help from the U.S. government. And Australian actors seem to be a bad investment these days.yahoo_finance/blogs/107314Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:08:23 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/107038Cerberus hopes the new Dodge Ram will return Chrysler to profitability. A Senate panel accuses Wall Street banks of aiding foreign tax dodgers. And San Antonio is trying to turn feces into fuel.yahoo_finance/blogs/107038Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:02:02 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/106731Warren Buffett stops insuring large bank deposits. Lehman Brothers loses a Korean lifeline, but has other sales up its sleeves. And bad thieves are stealing 'good luck' trees in Hong Kong.yahoo_finance/blogs/106731Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:14:53 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/106434The gyrating markets are good for at least one type of investment: volatility hedge funds. Britain's BG gives up on its $11 billion takeover bid for Origin Energy. And United almost sinks under the weight of old news.yahoo_finance/blogs/106434Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:04:34 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/106151The bailout of Fannie and Freddie raises spirits, but puts off many of the hard choices. Washington Mutual ousts is longtime CEO. And Taiwan's last legal brothel closes down, but it's just business.yahoo_finance/blogs/106151Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:05:36 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/105763Lehman Brothers mulls creating "good" ad "bad" versions of itself. Dell reverses course on in-house manufacturing. And 99 cents, finally, isn't what it used to be.yahoo_finance/blogs/105763Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:49:46 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/105475Cerberus gets dented in both its auto-sector gambles: Chrysler and GMAC. Boeing's 787 is put at risk by an approved but postponed labor strike. And your health care costs will probably outpace your raise this year, again.yahoo_finance/blogs/105475Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:07:55 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/business/105189Oil prices are falling, but the same can't be said of most oil-linked goods. Coke buys one of China's biggest juice makers. And Hurricane Gustav wasn't so bad, but it will still be costly.yahoo_finance/blogs/105189Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:59:58 Etc/GMT