Cheap Obamas
Despite making $1.2 million from 2000 to 2004, Barack and Michelle Obama gave less than 1% of their earnings to charity in that time. But they were selfless and giving enough during that period to by a GM car.



Biden Charity
Vice President Joe Biden and his wife gave just 0.7% of their income to charity in 2008. Biden says he shows true kindness to poor people by staying out of their neighborhoods.



Rosetta Stone IPO
The foreign language tutoring company Rosetta Stone is going public. Its top selling software is the program that teaches American politicians how to say: "Can we borrow $2 trillion?" in Chinese.


Rosetta Stone IPO
The foreign language tutoring company Rosetta Stone is going public. Olympian and company pitchman Michael Phelps made Rosetta Stone famous this fall when he used the software to learn how to say: "Do you have any herb" in 16 different languages.



Florida Unemployment Drug Tests
Florida plans to require state residents to pass a drug test before they receive unemployment checks. The sad thing is, most people need illegal drugs just to survive the average visit to the unemployment office.

Florida Unemployment Drug Tests II
Florida plans to require state residents to pass a drug test before they receive unemployment checks. On the bright side, Florida is now hiring thousands of out-of-work residents to give drug tests to people getting unemployment checks.


Florida Unemployment Drug Tests III
Florida plans to require state residents to pass a drug test before they receive unemployment checks. The biggest growth industry in Florida now is the business of helping unemployed people cheat on their drug tests.



Chase Profits
The good news is that JPMorgan Chase has posted a quarterly profit of 40 cents per share, beating estimates of 32 cents a share. The bad news is that JPMorgan Chase only has three shares outstanding.


Chase Payback
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says his bank wants to pay back the bailout funds to the government as soon as possible, but it's having trouble complying with the White House's request to put $15 billion in unmarked bills into a hollow tree in Lafayette Park.