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Senator Christopher Dodd unveiled his version of financial re-regulation today. It's 1,136 pages long, but I can sum it up in one, short sentence:...

Wall Street bonuses could increase as much as 40% over last year. And although the fine, hard-working, average person in New York, New Jersey and...

When your retirement account statement comes in the mail, what do you do with it?...

Good morning. Here's what has me contemplating and chuckling:...

A few days ago, on my After the Bell podcast, I asked whether the public's outrage over Wall Street would produce real change. This was the week...

I wasn't here on Friday to point this out, and it seemed to get lost in the news shuffle anyway, but a bill was introduced in the Senate that would...

The stock market seems to have no interest in the unemployment rate. 10% unemployment? 17% underemployment? No worries. Just order me some more...

Marketplace Money takes its show on the road tonight with a special event in Portland, Oregon. The theme is a subject that deserves special...

Good morning. Hope you had a good weekend. Just a few things to start the week, on this 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:...

Our weekly podcast, After the Bell, is now available. This week, the White House said its goal is to cut the deficit in half by the end of Obama's...