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Court Review of SOX Gives Hope for New U.S. Jobs

Gary Shapiro | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business


Gary Shapiro

Only American companies have to follow this expensive and intrusive law imposing huge costs on publicly traded companies. Thankfully, relief may be in sight.

Dow Rises On The Backs Of Tech, Financial Stocks

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 02.21.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Investors acted Wednesday as if they had overdone it a day earlier. Wall Street snapped back from a steep sell-off with a rebound in...

Fall of the Wall: Can The Financial Sector Be Controlled?

Danny Schechter | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business


Danny Schechter

Where's the outcry when you learn that more money has been spent to contain this crisis than was used in all of World War 11?

What Is A Bear Market?

The New York Times | Catherine Rampell | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business


David Leonhardt wrote Thursday that we've entered "the third great bear market of the last century." Others have used the same ursine terminology. Wh...

Fannie Mae Bailout Pushes Stocks Up At Open

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Wall Street extended its slump into yet another week Monday as investors worried that even a safety net set up for mortgage financier...

Wall St. Starting To See Signs Of A Turnaround

New York Times | VIKAS BAJAJ | Posted 05.09.2008 | Business


Main Street may be struggling, but Wall Street is on a bit of a roll. Despite a drumbeat of bad economic news, the stock market is up -- almost 11 pe...

Wall Street's Next Big Bailout?

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Eben Esterhuizen

Perhaps Wall Street's ultimate bailout will come when central banks coordinate efforts to save the U.S. dollar.