April 2008

At the top of Money for Breakfast this morning, I interviewed three experts (Steve Gelsi from the Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch, Dan Ackerman, senior editor of CNET.com and our own Eric Bolling, a Fox Business contributor), on the competition between Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry. Later today RIM reports earnings. Yesterday, RIM announced a partnership with XM Satellite to add more ... read more

This morning after the show, I did three post-tapes. What are post-tapes? They’re interviews that we tape and then run on the show at a later date. All three post-tapes were very cool. I’m not supposed to tell you about them… but I can’t hold myself back. I interviewed the chief business officer for the United States Golf Association [USGA] about growth in the golf business. A study ... read more

Today is a new day and, despite the news overnight about UBS and Deutsche Bank taking $23B dollars in combined write downs, the stocks are on fire. The financials across the board are on fire today. Lehman’s announcement yesterday to raise as much as $3B dollars in capital in convertible preferred shares was increased to $4B dollars because the deal was so oversubscribed. As much as three times ... read more

Nintendo DSs! Do you know what they are? I do now. Didn't until recently. My oldest son is six and everywhere you look kids are popping up with them. On a recent weekend trip to Disney World, when we were stuck in the airport for five hours, my husband bit the bullet and bought one for each of my older sons (against my will). We agreed that they would only be used while traveling in airports or ... read more

I'm back!!!! Sorry it took me 24 hours to post my first blog. You know what it's like when you return back to work after being away for a week. A lot happens while you are away, and there is so much to catch up on. The Cayman Islands were great. My boys had a blast! The weather was beautiful. The submarine trip that I started to tell you about was so cool. We did in fact go down over 100 feet! ... read more