The complete online text of Easy Money by W. W. Jacobs.

W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. His stories, many of them amusing tales of life along t...

Perhaps the most succinct summary of the free enterprise system that has triumphed around the world is the old American saying: Money talks. The sound of money talking can be heard in the commonwealth whenever the subject of state-regulated gambling comes up. It...

JON SHURE The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-04-2008 Easy money? -- Think tank study shows New Jersey could tap millions from Washington JON SHURE Date: 05-04-2008, Sunday Section: OPINION Edtion: All Editions IN THE OLD days, one way the federal government fought...

Bear Stearns this month became the first swimmer exposed in what appears to be a receding tide of easy money.It probably won't be the last.After the investment bank said it would bail out one of two failing hedge funds with exposure to the subprime mortgage...

Pirate attacks have increased sharply, especially in Somalia and Nigeria, an international maritime watchdog agency said Thursday.There were 85 attacks on ships in the April-June quarter, up from 66 in the same period a year earlier and from 41 in the previous quarter, the London-based...