Wall Street

The Charging Bull and Fearless Girl square off in New York City's financial district. Arturo Di Modica, the bull's sculptor, says the girl staring it down has changed the meaning of his work in an unwelcome way.

Sculptor Of Wall Street Bull Says 'Fearless Girl' Horns In On His Work

5:28pm April 12, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Arturo Di Modica is not happy that the Fearless Girl now staring down his Charging Bull has effectively turned it into a villain. He and his lawyer are now asking that the new statue be removed.

The exterior of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 10. A lobbying battle is being waged over a rule requiring financial advisers to act in their clients' best interest in retirement planning.

Trump Moving To Delay Rule That Protects Workers From Bad Financial Advice

11:17am February 17, 2017

by Chris Arnold

A lobbying battle is being waged over a rule requiring financial advisers to act in their clients' best interest in retirement planning. It pits financial firms against consumer and retiree groups.

Donald Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, a Wall Street lawyer, to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Critics say it's another example of Trump packing his Cabinet with Wall Street insiders.

Can An SEC Nominee With Ties To Goldman Regulate Wall Street Impartially?

8:25pm January 05, 2017

by Chris Arnold

Donald Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, a Wall Street lawyer, to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Critics say it's another example of Trump packing his Cabinet with Wall Street insiders.

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SEC Chair White Says She Will Step Down At The End of Obama's Term

10:20pm November 14, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

A political moderate, White oversaw the implementation of the landmark Dodd-Frank law, but was also criticized for not being aggressive enough against Wall Street.

As Trump's Odds Of Victory Rise, Financial Markets Get Nervous

5:18pm November 03, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

Wall Street doesn't exactly love Hillary Clinton, but it knows what to expect from her. That's not true of Trump. This election will be "a very big deal economically," Dartmouth's Eric Zitzewitz says.

Anti-Gay Remarks Lost A Congressman Wall Street, And Maybe His House Seat

2:53pm October 29, 2016

by Joel Rose

Rep. Scott Garrett said he would withhold his dues to the National Republican Congressional Committee unless the party stopped supporting gay candidates. Those comments have hurt him.

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Qualcomm Spends Big Money To Get In The Car (Chip) Business

7:09pm October 27, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

The smartphone chipmaker has agreed to buy NXP Semiconductors for $38 billion. The deal allows Qualcomm to rely less on the smartphone industry. NXP makes semiconductors for cars.

The exterior of the new Tesla flagship facility in San Francisco. Tesla attributes its recent profitability in part to the opening of new stores.

National

Tesla Surprise: It's A Profit

9:54pm October 26, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

The company posted a profit of nearly $22 million for the third quarter, the first quarterly profit since 2013. Tesla attributes the good results in part to new stores.

Politics & Government

WikiLeaks Claims To Release Hillary Clinton's Goldman Sachs Transcripts

7:03pm October 15, 2016

by Tamara Keith

WikiLeaks has released what it claims to be transcripts of three paid, closed-door "speeches" Hillary Clinton gave to Goldman Sachs.

John Podesta walks off stage after delivering a speech on the first day of the Democratic National Convention July 25 in Philadelphia.

WikiLeaks Releases More Purported Emails, Bringing Total To More Than 11,000

6:36pm October 15, 2016

by Meg Anderson

The latest batch from WikiLeaks of hacked emails linked to Clinton campaign chair John Podesta brings the total to more than 11,000 of what the organization claims will be more than 50,000 emails.