With automatic spending cuts scheduled to begin March 1, former President Bill Clinton urged Congress today to seek alternative options to solve the d...

If we want crooks behind bars -- and if want to stop future financial crimes -- we need to rebuild the foundation for effective prosecutions by appointing regulators who believe in the mission and have a proven record of success.

NEW YORK — Ask the people who invest billions for a living to name their favorite picks for 2012 and you'll get a smorgasbord worthy of a holida...

Foreign borrowings of the U.S. represent a clear and present danger to the dollar and to the financial system. Potential dumping of U.S. dollars would start a run on the currency and a financial panic that would tip our already precarious economy into a deep depression.

How do we make pathway for young to be part of and help create this brave new world? A world where merit and not age, color of your skin or connections give you the opportunity to work?

NEW YORK -- The majority of economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics believe that the federal deficit should be reduced ...

BANGKOK — Asian stock markets were sharply lower Friday amid signs of a possible U.S. recession and renewed worries over the health of Europe's ...

Other credit ratings agencies may have reaffirmed their faith in the United States' credit worthiness but the fallout from Standard and Poor's downgra...

Amidst downgrades, debt crises and declining stocks, one of Wall Street's biggest names is keeping it cool. On Wednesday, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMo...

From 24/7 Wall St.: Financial markets have been reeling as investors grow more concerned about the economy: An S&P downgrade of the full faith and cre...

The current crisis is not just a U.S. problem or a European problem; it is a global problem that requires a coordinated global response. “We’re al...

On Tuesday, less than a week after Standard and Poor's downgraded U.S. credit for the first time in history, a plane circled lower Manhattan with a ba...

When Standard and Poor's decided to downgrade U.S. credit for the first time in history on Friday, it set off a firestorm of commentary, bringing out ...

WASHINGTON -- A Standard & Poor's official says there is a 1 in 3 chance that the U.S. credit rating could be downgraded another notch if conditions e...

These last few months, much of the country has watched in horror as the Tea Party Republicans have waged jihad on the American people. Their intransig...

What conclusions can one draw from this miserable economic data? Two things come to mind.

(Clare Baldwin) - The auto industry could lead an economic recovery in the United States, according to a recent survey by audit, tax and advisory ...

Consumer sentiment fell in July to its lowest point in more than two years, as anxieties over stagnant wages and rising unemployment deepened, a s...

(Paul Taylor) - Contrasting statements by euro zone politicians to domestic audiences have underlined the fragility of last week's deal to rescue ...