The greening of the Apple

It wasn't that long ago that Apple was given up as a lost cause. Yet today, it officially replaced Microsoft as the most valuable technology company in the world. In stock market trading today, Apple's shares rose 1.8 percent to give it a value of $227.1 billion, while Microsoft's fell about 1 percent to give it a value of $226.3 billion. How did Apple do it? In three words: iPods, iPhones and IPads. It's really that simple and it means that for the first time in history the technological demands of consumers have superseded the technological demands of businesses.

How safe is your money

Want to know if you should switch banks or stay right where you are? Here are the ratings of all the banks in Texas. No thanks are necessary, but contributions to the Pete Oppel Unemployment Trust will be welcomed, as long as they are not checks drawn on this bank or this one.