Emails Reveal Clinton's Mixed Relationship With Wall Street
In hacked emails published by WikiLeaks, Hillary Clinton presents a more nuanced view of the financial system than her campaign speeches would suggest.
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4 Reasons Why Progressives Aren't Thrilled With Clinton's Pick Of Kaine
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine's positions on Wall Street reforms and trade deals are already drawing the ire of groups who had backed Clinton's primary rival Bernie Sanders.
Herbalife Agrees To Pay $200 Million To Settle Complaints It Deceived Consumers
The FTC has ordered the company to revamp the way it compensates distributors, but because the punishment wasn't even tougher, Herbalife's share price rises.
Influential GOP Congressman Wants To Replace Key Bank Regulations
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling is aiming at rules created after the 2008 financial crisis. Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls the plan a "wet kiss" for the big banks.
Federal Regulators Propose Tougher Rules Governing Wall Street Bonuses
Executives who get their firms in legal trouble could be forced to pay back bonuses retroactively.
Risky Shadow Banks Become Campaign Fodder For Democrats
Bernie Sanders says he wants to break up too-big-to-fail banks. But Hillary Clinton says the real risks to the financial system lie in lightly regulated corners of the economy known as shadow banks.
He Led The Financial Bailout But Says Banks Are Still Too Big To Fail
Despite changes after the 2008 financial crisis, Neel Kashkari, one of the leading figures in the federal bailout, says major banks are still at risk. "I don't think we've gone far enough," he says.
How Bernie Sanders' Wall Street Tax Would Work
His proposed "speculation tax" — a small levy on every stock, bond or derivative sold in the U.S. — would fund higher education. Estimates of how much revenue it might raise vary greatly.
Outlook For Wages Brightens, But Not So For Wall Street
The nation's business economists see higher wages coming for workers, but that good news did not cheer Wall Street investors on Monday. They continued to worry about supercheap oil prices.
What Do Bears And Bulls Have To Do With Our Investments?
While experts focus on trying to explain the stock market's jumps and dives, we spend a little time cutting through the bull to get some different answers.