CITIGROUP MERGES WITH GOLDMAN SACHS. And other business-pages headlines we expect to see in 2006.

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The U.S. stock market was once the darling of global investors. Now it’s the Free World’s worst. Thank you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Greenspan.

Or, how to stop worrying and save yourself from the president’s profligate spending and stubborn insistence on no new taxes.

The search-engine giant may seem overpriced, but gun-shy analysts, afraid of hyping stocks in the Spitzer era, have actually undervalued it.

Oil’s north of $60, yet ExxonMobil’s stuck in the middle of the pack. Dump your tired old blue chips and trade them in for newer, faster ponies.

It wasn’t just bad management that brought down the Morgan Stanley chief. It was also the fact that no one could stand him.

Obsessed with "unlocking value," blue-chip companies are spinning off their digital divisions as separate stocks. But if the bull stumbles, will there be blood on the tracks?

Have you given up all hope of making any money on any stock, ever? That's a sure sign that it's time to get back in the market.

Sure, when Goldman, Sachs goes public, the firm's partners will get obscenely wealthy. But the real beauty part? They won't have to give up any control.