Henry Paulson

Also, Roger Goodell, Sen. Jack Reed, King Abdullah II and John Brennan....

In a genteel event on Manhattan’s Upper East Side Thursday night, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had some sharp words for members of Congress who opposed the bank bailout two years ago and the push for financial regulatory reform today.......

Kentucky Republican Sen. Jim Bunning has been demonized in the media a lot lately. CNN has been running a crawl that reads, "Thousands hurt by one senator." Ticket has described him as a goat. He has been blamed for the......

... turns out to be even worse than anyone could have expected. As the bankruptcy examiner's report cited by my Wednesday column alleges, Lehman drifted into wholesale fraud as its financial condition deteriorated in the year before it filed for......

The heart of the Securities and Exchange Commission's surprise fraud case against Goldman Sachs & Co. on Friday: The investment banking titan duped investors in toxic mortgage securities by failing to give them the entire story about the deal --......

ON THIS MORNING AFTER, the Republican base seems less impregnable and the genius of Karl Rove less radiant. The president and his surrogates in recent weeks tried to emulate past successes by calling Democrats tax-raising, gay-marriage-loving, terrorist-...

As President Obama pursues green infrastructure projects and other programs aimed at fighting climate change, he is eventually going to have to confront an unpleasant truth: None of it will matter unless the developing world, particularly China, does...

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday proposed new mortgage lending rules to protect consumers against fraud and deception, but consumer advocates said lenders would still have the ability to make the kinds of bad loans that triggered the sub-prime lending...

As a slumping housing market threatens California's economy, state lawmakers gave a first, key approval to a bill aimed at preventing foreclosures of homes financed with sub-prime mortgages. The measure by Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata (D-Oakland)...

Today's question: Is there a role for Hillary Clinton in the White House? How about Arnold Schwarzenegger? Previously, Lilly and Weigel weighed potential Cabinet picks and discussed Rahm Emanuel's selection as chief of staff. A step down for Clinton...

IN a small, windowless laboratory -- far removed from romantic vineyard vistas -- scientists at the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) are attempting what most wine lovers would say is impossible. They are developing a test for terroir,...

Today, Leonard and Thornberg debate the extent to which the government should facilitate loan modifications to prevent foreclosures. Previously, they discussed the public's reluctance to support federal assistance for troubled borrowers and regulating...