The state's fiscal situation, while improved because of a brighter economy, remains pretty beaten up.

Just hire Lindsay Lohan and then allow a writer for the NYT magazine to follow everybody around during production of a sex-filled movie that's being financed on pennies.

This is a complicated deal involving different investment groups and financing arrangements, but the transaction, boiled down, is a reminder of why traditional supermarket chains have been struggling so much.

Does he really want to be aligned with people who, in many ways, are responsible for what led to the bulging deficit?

This is pretty intramural stuff for those of us who thankfully don't have stakes in the billion-dollar-plus distributor of nutritional products. Still, it illustrates how two high profile hedge fund managers can overwhelm a stock.

A drop in TV dramas shooting on location last year stems in part from more shooting at local soundstages and back-lots.

This time it was about 40 gallons of fuel leaking from a Japan Airlines 787 that was preparing to take off from Boston to Tokyo

The basic technology has been taking shape, but applications remain a work in progress. Much of the debate centers on whether these cars would operate with complete autonomy or require some human involvement.

What do they have in common? Limited, if any, competition. It makes a difference.

Even after all the high-profile financial scams in recent years, investors are still willing to believe what they want to believe.