Steve Chiotakis

Visa and MasterCard are in talks with the nation's two largest mobile phone companies, AT&T and Verizon, to get rid of plastic cards and make charging completely electronic.

Gross Domestic Product rose by 2.4 percent this quarter -- about what analysts were expecting, but still slower than first-quarter growth.

High salaries help teams bring in the big players. But some wonder whether it's necessary to go overboard. Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan explores player pay.

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich gives a forecast for unemployment and denotes what a healthy level of unemployment should look like.

Which group of African countries grew the most in terms of its economy last year: A. The oil exporters like Nigeria, B. The fragile states like Congo, C. The middle-income countries like South Africa, or D. Low-income countries like Zambia and Uganda? The answer from TheGlobalist.com's Stephan Richter.

The Congressional Oversight Panel warns smaller U.S. banks with assets below $100 billion are less likely to be able to repay TARP money. Steve Chiotakis talks to panel chair Elizabeth Warren.

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner's contributions to the sports world -- financially and creatively -- were innumerable. Steve Chiotakis talks to sports business professor David Carter about Steinbrenner, who passed away this morning.

FICO says American credit scores have hit new lows. A quarter of consumers -- that's 40-plus million people -- have scores below 600, which means they're unlikely to get credit cards.

Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan explains why collecting and hoarding forever stamps now is a wise move.

Before the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP assured federal regulators it could clean up nearly half a million gallons of oil a day. So far, it's succeeding in meeting little more than half that amount.