Daniel Gross

Alternative energy depends more on financial tricks than simple engineering.

This small sliver of sunshine comes to us courtesy of our business guru, Dan Gross. --KPSun Bancorp, a small bank based in New Jersey, yesterday became one of the first banks to repay the TARP funds received from the Treasury department (the press release can be seen here).On January 9, the Treasury Department bought 89,310 of preferred stock form the bank for $1,000 each.

One company ideally suited not to prosper in the Obama era.

Newspapers aren't assets to be flipped, leveraged, and stripped.

Its failure marked the beginning of the financial crisis and still offers lessons for the future.

Can the auto bailout really work?

Apparently, 'legacy' derives from an ancient root meaning 'it wasn't my fault and I should still get a bonus this year.'

Why are hedge funds getting such a sweetheart deal?

Why do we have to bribe investors to take risks?

Wall Street's most storied firm is surviving on taxpayer dollars.

Why Congress' confrontation with AIG's CEO was a failure.

Investors' anger at Obama is misplaced. Stock indexes don't 'think.' They don't like one president and dislike the next.

Last week, I wrote that the Republican claim that Obama is fighting a war against the rich was bogus. Over the weekend, I thought better of it. It turns out there is a war on the rich.

The bogus GOP claim that Obama is bleeding the wealthy.

Our financial system accelerates the human instinct to go wild during good times. Perhaps we need some automatic brakes.

Nobody wants to nationalize Citi. But we may have to.

Are executives villains or morons?

How a handful of families dominated and lost control of the country's energy supply.

Arrogance is also a factor: people who have done very well in finance tend to think they're really good at everything they do.

Yesterday's fixes can't help this economy

How David Ogilvy transformed advertising and Americans' shopping habits.

The economic crisis is even worse than Obama admits.

Our best days aren't necessarily behind us.

The GOP says the stimulus can't create jobs. They're wrong.

Why Citi shouldn't cancel its $400 million purchase of naming rights for the Mets new stadium.

Many CEOs, having endured flying commercial for the first time in years, were treated to an avalanche of doom.

Are Wall Streeters squandering the bailout?

Remembering the 1920 attack that rocked New York.

Companies are liquidating; homeowners are mailing in the keys. Have we given up?

Which company will go under next?