Amazon’s Profits Beat Estimates

Companies post profits but investors still worry
Investors who doubted U.S. companies could make big money in a weak economy have been proved wrong again.

Amazon Expected to Unveil iPad Rival Wednesday
Amazon.com is expected to unveil Wednesday the latest—and possibly biggest—challenger to Apple's dominant iPad tablet.

iPhone accounted for 66% of Q2 smartphone profit...
With just two smartphone models available for sale, Apple took in two thirds of profits from smartphone sales in the second quarter among the top eight vendors in the world.

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High...
We are living in the most reckless financial environment in recent history. Arcane credit derivative bets are now well into the tens of trillions. According to Charles R. Morris, the...

The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the...
Arthur Laffer -- the father of supply-side economics and a member of President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board -- joins economist Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal editorial...