The Bush administration has been working overtime to convince the public and lawmakers on Capitol Hill that its $1.6 trillion tax cut will help spur the flagging economy.
Once viewed as a facile innovator among the Windy City's financial exchanges, the Chicago Board Options Exchange is suddenly bogged down on several fronts.
Forget about Snoopy dozing on the doghouse roof while the financial world goes by; think junkyard dog instead.
A growing number of companies are opening online supermarkets that feature a smorgasbord of exotic investments to sate the appetites of the newly rich and "moderately sophisticated" for venture capital, hedge fund and IPO deals.
