Economy 4.0

Colorado faces a tough budget year due to the loss of tax revenue and growing costs to keep programs and services running. It's inspired some...

Economy 4.0 special correspondent David Brancaccio talks with Jeremy Hobson about whether budgets for the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators will be cut just as they try to comply with the new financial reform law.

David Brancaccio speaks with Jeremy Hobson about whether budgets for the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators will be cut just...

At a time of dramatically increased responsibilities for two key financial regulatory bodies, there are strong calls to cut back on funding for the...

For the winner of a German investment contest the answer was easy -- a little bit of luck and a lot of derivatives.

Along with 19,000 other people, Klaus Neukert of Munich entered a stock trading contest sponsored by the German Stock Exchange. A virtual, online...

An optimist might see in financial regulatory reform a glass half full, a pessimist a glass half empty. But either way, the system seems to have ...

Ousted dictators often stash away money while in office and then retire to live off their ill-gotten gains. Now, there are moves to stop that.

Ousted dictators often stash away money while in office and then retire to live off their ill-gotten gains. Now, there are moves to stop that....

In the 90s, German citizens were crazy for telecom and dot-com stocks, driving the prices up as much as 700 percent. But after the bubble burst, citizens lost interest in the German stock exchange, a fact economists now hope to change. David Brancaccio explains.