With gas prices on the verge of spiralling out of control, CNSNews reports that senate democrats are considering a 60 day gas tax break. If approved, it will remove the 18.4 cent-per-gallon federal gasoline excise tax.
But will that be enough?

I noticed a new login screen over at Ameritrade iZone yesterday. The price is still $5 per trade, but they now also offer trailing stops.
Ameritrade recently merged with TD, so I’m not sure if more changes are planned for the site.

A few months back, I noted a Business 2.0 article about Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson’s “Swanson’s Unwritten Rules of Management”.
The New York Times now reports that portions of Swanson’s book are eerily similar to a 1944 text called “The Unwritten Laws of Engineering” - approximately 17 of them. According to the paper, [...]

The Book Standard reports that Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki will be self-publishing a book about investing.
There is some speculation that Trump is eschewing a major publishing house because Kiyosaki’s current publishing agreement is with Warner Books. Trump is currently involved in a lawsuit with Warner Books over the 2005 book TrumpNation.

CNN notes that households with net worth exceeding $1 million jumped to 8.3 million last year, increasing 11% for the year.
It is interesting to note that the number of households worth more than $5 million also jumped - by 26%.

CNN reports that Senator Schumer of New York is calling for a federal investigation to determine whether or not “big oil” is behind a fuel pricing conspiracy.