Money & Markets – Week of 11.30.08

By Sabrina Siddiqui Progressive senators working to dramatically alter Senate rules were defeated on Thursday, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and his counterpart,

View a larger image of the chart above by Clicking By Richard A. Lovett Earth’s north magnetic pole is racing toward Russia at almost 40

Each year, Americans spend a whopping $39 billion on domestically grown marijuana, and another $7-10 billion on weed smuggled in from Canada. In short, untaxed

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Beijing is drawing up plans to prohibit or restrict exports of rare earth metals that are produced only in China and play

(Photo Credit: AP Photo/Mikhail Klimentyev) By Vladimir Isachenkov Russia has ratcheted up pressure on Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin saying in a letter released Thursday