All the data that Wall Street has seen lately seem to be pointing to a dual economy, one in which businesses are generally faring better than consumers. Reports coming out this week will indicate whether that trend is continuing.

South Korea on Monday announced sweeping tax reforms, including income and corporate tax cuts to boost growth by stimulating sluggish private consumption and business investment.

During a Sunday visit to the Kellogg Center, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader took shots at corruption in U.S. big business, which he said Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., are “sweeping under the rug.”

Business and government leaders from western Riverside County banded together Friday to look for local ways to reduce mortgage failures and revive the Inland economy now reeling from the housing crisis.

The key to economic success in Africa will be the extent to which governments can provide the private sector with the right incentives to add value to the economy.