Looking back at the SanFran MusicTech Summit earlier this week, a few notable moments stand out that reflect on the state of the digital music business and how a new crop of startups may shape its future. Perhaps the greatest challenges to companies l

A few years ago, Alex Blumberg, a producer at the public radio show ?This American Life,? asked: ?Why are they lending money to people who can?t afford to pay it back??

The government’s massive but bold intervention to ease the banking crisis is designed to shore up confidence and to provide liquidity into the system so that banks can begin to lend again to each other, and then to consumers and businesses.

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"We need to keep raising money, pushing ahead," said Ann Lewis, a top Clinton campaign strategist. "We certainly expect a lot of negative attacks against us, so it's important for us to keep working."