Sept. 3 -- Laurence Kotlikoff, an economics professor at Boston University, talks about financial industry regulation and Goldman Sachs Inc.'s reported plan to shut its principal-strategies business to comply with new U.S. rules aimed at curbing risk.

Canada's Goldcorp Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy Andean Resources Ltd. for about 3.6 billion Canadian dollars , trumping a rival bid from Eldorado Gold Corp.

Nine people are believed to have been killed in a skydiving plane crash on New Zealand's South Island.

Facebook is quickly moving in on Google's search business. It's now testing searching results ranked by "likes." Google ranks search results based on lots of stuff but mostly on how often pages are linked to from other highly-linked to pages.

Apple is new to the social media game, but how could they possibly have missed this? Ping, the social music service has become Ping the spam comment service.

Sept. 3 -- J. Paul Newsome, an insurance analyst at Sandler O'Neill & partners LP, talks about the potential impact of Hurricane Earl on insurance companies and the outlook for the industry.

Forever may be here, at last. The game that has become synonymous with vaporware, Duke Nukem Forever , may in fact be hitting the shelves in 2011, or rather will if you believe the Wall Street Journal article.

Next week marks the return of professional football. Or, as I like to say, it's the return to my annual tradition of recreational investing.

Sept. 3 -- Marko Lukovic, an aviation analyst at Frost & Sullivan, talks about the effect of defense spending cuts on the aerospace industry.

Angry Birds has arrived on Android, and we don't mean an Android viewable version of "The Birds," either.

Sept. 3 -- Osman Rashid, co-founder and chief executive officer of Kno Inc., talks about the market potential for the company's new digital textbook and business outlook.

Sept. 3 -- Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talks about the outlook for the U.S. unemployment rate.

Sept. 3 -- Robert Carnell, chief international economist at ING Financial Markets, talks about the outlook for the U.S. job market.

Sept. 3 -- Nigerian Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga talks about preparations for elections next January and the government's plans to boost economic growth through state asset sales.

Sept. 3 -- David Semmens, an economist at Standard Chartered Bank, talks about the outlook for U.S. consumer spending and employment.