Financial Regulation
  • America's Fiscal Future Hinges on Tax Reform

    By Lawrence Summers, Reuters

    However the U.S. presidential election turns out, the trifecta of the Bush tax cut expiration, the debt limit ceiling on the horizon once again, and the congressionally mandated sequesters - cuts in...

  • What CEO Musical Chairs Means to the Job Market

    By Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal Times

    usiness analysts and search firms say 2012 will be the year of CEO musical chairs, particularly in the health care and financial services industries, which are both coming to terms with new...

  • Dow 13,000-Another Case of Irrational Exuberance?

    By Caroline Valetkevitch, Reuters

    If upcoming earnings from U.S. retailers are as unimpressive as the rest of the profit season has been, Wall Street could face a tough time justifying a stock market at nine-month highs.

  • What Those New Super Drugs Really Cost

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    The drug industry usually defends the high price on drugs – the latest cancer therapies are tipping the scales at $100,000 a year – by pointing to the large sums it spends on research and development...

  • What the $26 Billion Bank Deal Means to You

    The country’s five largest mortgage servicers will pay $26 billion or more to settle investigations into abusive foreclosure practices following the housing bust. What you need to know.