Securities

by Frank James Worth a read is the letter House Minority Leader John Boehner sent to sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today, reiterating the House Republicans' determination to be significant part of any deal that gets done to help the......

by Mark Silva and updated at 8:30 pm The 110-page bailout - the one offering the nation's "clogged'' financial markets a $350-billion purchase of bad mortgage debt and then another $350 billion if Congress buys it again - is ready......

McCain's campaign sends out an e-mail praising the SEC for dropping "mark to market" rules -- financial accounting rules that essentially require that securities that have lost value be written down to their actual value instead of being carried at......

by William Neikirk What a story! Embattled Main Street rises up to smite Wall Street. The hordes celebrate. The financiers fret. The little folks have flexed their muscles. Too bad that isn't the real story. The real story could well......

Rep. Peter DeFazio introduces the "No Bailout Act" with other House members on September 30, 2008 on Capitol Hill. (Photo: TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) by Frank James You know the failed but still alive $700 billion bailout proposal has scrambled......

by Frank James After nearly every disaster involving Americans, there's the usual investigation to figure out why the plane crashed or the ship sank and to affix blame. The difference between most calamities and the present financial-markets meltdown is...

Assistant Treasury Secretary Neel Kashkari speaks to the Institute of International Bankers Monday. (AP/Haraz N. Ghanbari) by James Oliphant Neel Kashkari has a critical job that didn't even exist a few weeks ago. He's the "assistant secretary for...

by William Neikirk A major economic stimulus package, including funds to rebuild the nation's infrastructure, is shaping up as one of the top ideas for responding to the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. Asked to name key measures that......

by Andrew Zajac Sen. John McCain has complained long and loud about inadequate regulation of the financial markets by the Securities and Exchange Commission and recently even called for the dismissal of SEC Chairman Christopher Cox. If the Arizona...

by Andrew Zajac Top McCain campaign adviser Charles Black has been accused of failing in his duties as a director of e-Smart Technologies Inc. by allegedly allowing its CEO to defraud the company, according to an investor's suit filed in......

by Frank James November is obviously not a good month for mavericks, political or otherwise. Today, it's not a political maverick but a Dallas Maverick, specifically, Mark Cuban, owner of the National Basketball Association franchise, who's having a bad.....

by Frank James The Federal Reserve and Treasury Department unveiled their latest plans to loosen up the mortgage and consumer credit markets. The Fed is basically going to buy up to $600 billion in bonds and mortgage-backed securities of......