Retail sales fall, new jobless claims rise

Americans shopped less in July and more signed up for jobless benefits last week in a double dose of bad news for the U.S. […]

Bad assets may need more support

The U.S. Treasury Department should consider expanding programs to cleanse troubled assets from bank balance sheets if current efforts fail to restart markets or […]

Bank lobbyists winning battle against regulation

You would think after global financiers triggered the current, unprecedented worldwide recession and credit crisis, they might embrace inevitable reforms that their reckless conduct made […]

DuPont backs Monsanto critic

When the Organization for Competitive Markets holds its annual conference in downtown St. Louis today, a certain target of the daylong meeting will be […]

U.S. bank regulators dig in against Obama shake-up

Top U.S. bank regulators will speak out on Tuesday against some key elements of the Obama administration’s plan to reshape financial regulation, saying parts […]

Germany says Opel suitors must improve bids

The two suitors for GM’s German unit Opel must improve their bids to win government backing, German Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said on […]

Cash for Clunkers list confusion

Some car shoppers are finding that their trade-in vehicles, which qualified for a Cash for Clunkers rebate last week, don’t this week because of […]