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Steve Jobs is the most brilliant manager ever, and the iPad is his way of celebrating his victory. Here is how he is doing it.

Regulators are hell-bent on getting taxpayer money back and preventing another financial crisis in the future. However, haggling about personal aircraft use and committee hearing agendas doesn't really solve the problem.

The hype meter on the iPad device got so high over the past few weeks that we expected the new device to surf the web, cook a meal, and do the laundry. Unfortunately, the device doesn't do any of that, or anything at all that would make it succeed where other tablet devices have failed.

Reliabank Dakota, a South Dakota based community bank is offering a nationally available rewards checking account that currently pays 4.07% APY.

Once again, municipals held on to low nominal yields; however, tax-exempts did lag the Wednesday and Thursday flight to safety rally in Treasuries last week. More muni participants are actively discussing the possibility of a correction in prices this week: a reasonable development noting moderate institutional gains taking on Friday and the potential for a stock market rebound early this week. If yields do rise, long bonds appear most vulnerable.

An article in CNN Money piqued my interest. It states that many banks are worried about a future of rising rates on deposits.

After a nine month historical run up to the tune of 70% plus gains in the stock market. Let's look at seven reasons why I think the next sustained market move will be down: Home building, Debt, Commercial real estate, adjustable rate mortgages, Unemployment, Market sentiment & Corporate profits

Apple is an amazing company that has transformed the way that we live, but they are preparing for their biggest failure in years.