The employees were transfixed. Standing on the mid-Manhattan trading floor of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities in late 2007, a half-dozen staffers stared up at the ceiling-mounted TV as ...

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The end of the fishing frenzy in San Felipe was blamed on a marine mammal called the vaquita porpoise. Scientists say it’s one of the world’s smallest marine mammals -- as well as the rarest.

Here is CEO Sam Palmisano's formula for changing the world: Find problems, throw in billions of dollars in R&D, add consultants and an earnest ad campaign - and watch the profits roll in.

After two weeks of contentious and often emotional debate, the federal government's far-reaching and historic plan to bail out the nation's financial system was signed into law by President Bush ...

Despite the housing bust and the recession, these 10 U.S. cities still managed to record population gains of 30% or more in the decade ending in 2010, according to the Census Bureau. The national ...

More details about President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan were unveiled Monday, painting a clearer picture about how the estimated $775 billion plan would fit in with the government ...

And the fears were not isolated to Lehman. Investors found themselves knee deep in other concerns. The insurance giant American International Group (AIG, Fortune 500) raced to raised cash Monday ...

Chaos on Wall Street The big banks' fear of big losses is threatening to bring down the entire system, with dire consequences for all of us. Here's what's going on, and what we can do about it.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Sunday that it would acquire troubled Wall Street firm Bear Stearns for a mere fraction of what it was once worth amid deepening fears about further erosion of the world ...

Despite a buoyant economy, America still bears the scars of the financial crisis that struck in 2008. Here's a refresher on what got us there, and a look into the risks that may be lurking on the ...