Josh Brown

The Stop Online Piracy Act will most likely not pass in its current form in Congress. But why do businesses want -- or not want -- it to make it?

Last night, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said that President Obama would like to turn the U.S. into a social welfare state. But even if he wanted to, how much impact does a president have on the economy anyway?

Yahoo has a new CEO -- Scott Thompson -- current head of eBay's online payment system, PayPal. Thompson replaces Carol Bartz, who was fired from Yahoo in September.

Iran has repeated its threat to block the Straight of Hormuz where about a-fifth of the world's oil passes through. In Italy today, investors seemed happy to buy up the country's debt.

The news that more banks than expected are putting a hand out for help from the European Central Bank had markets on a roller coaster today.

Bank of America's troubles continue, as their stock prices fall below $5, the lowest level since March 2009

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed this morning to maintain global production at about 30 million barrels of oil per day.

Citigroup is just the latest is a long line of big banks announcing layoffs in recent months.

Central banks from around the world have reached a deal that they hope will increase liquidity and avoid global recession.

A disastrous bond sale creates fears of European contagion spreading to Germany today.