Securities

New Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango crossovers will start getting an eight-speed automatic transmission as standard equipment by 2013, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Chrysler. The new transmission will be equipped...

by Frank James Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke spent much of his time on Capitol Hill today discussing the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac crisis as well as the outlook for the nation's economy. However, in his prepared testimony and......

by Frank James The U.S. financial markets really liked the federal takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Dow Jones Industrials were up 1.24 percent when last I checked though that was down significantly from its open.......

by Frank James Sounds like the talks being held this weekend to save one of Wall Street's most important firms, Lehman Brothers, are disintegrating. Barclays Bank, the giant British financial services company, was in negotiations moderated by the...

by John McCormick ESPANOLA, N.M.--Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday he was "ahead of the curve" in calling for more regulation of the financial industry and hammered Republican rival John McCain for being a longtime opponent...

by Frank James We have what may be our first significant Republican sacrifice to the voter gods by Republican presidential nominee John McCain. That would be Securities and Exchange Commission Christopher Cox who, McCain said, bears significant blame...

President Bush is joined by, from left, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Chris Cox in the White House Rose Garden, September 19, 2008, in Washington, DC. (Chuck Kennedy/MCT) by...

by Mark Silva Capping a week of extraordinary government intervention in an economy in crisis, President Bush today endorsed new federal measures to make money more readily available for loans by banks and other financial institutions, and struggled to...

by Mark Silva John McCain made a rather pointed comment yesterday about the economic crisis: The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission is an appointee of the president, and if McCain were president he would fire SEC Chairman Chris......

Here's an item as reported by Bloomberg News: "Republican John McCain cited New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, as a potential successor to Christopher Cox, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. "McCain, his party's...

WASHINGTON--In selecting little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has underscored his determination to run as a reformer intent on ending the cozy deal-making of big-money special interests in Washington. But an architect of...

by James Oliphant It's still too early to tell, but is bipartisan support for the Paulson Plan eroding? Tuesday's Senate Banking Committee hearing kicked off with strong words from the ranking Republican on the panel, Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama.......