The prospect of a Twinkie-free future has provoked longing for a mythologized American past, as if artificially sweetened cream and dyed yellow cake w...

The simple notion that China might be part of that new fund is sending waves throughout Europe. Does Europe need the IMF and China to resolve a $500 billion problem?

I tend to believe that the Glass-Steagall approach, an institutional way to address the question, overlooks the importance of a market response.

The old saw is that "what's good for General Motors is good for America" and that's why the Magna International bid for GM's European operations is unlikely to succeed.

All this daylight robbery and confusion takes place because policymakers -- at the US Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the British government -- do not understand what is going on.

DETROIT - The Detroit automakers have been lumped together for decades as the Big Three, and for good reason; their goals have usually been aligned. ...