Daniel Wagner

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Banks say new agency’s oversight is slow, costly

Banks say new agency’s oversight is slow, costly

Daniel Wagner · January 15, 2013 10:25 pm

This Dec. 8, 2012 photo provided by ThoughtWorks shows Aaron Swartz, in New York. Swartz, a co-founder of Reddit, hanged himself Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, in New York City. In 2011, he was charged with stealing millions of scientific journals from a computer archive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in an attempt to make them freely available. He had pleaded not guilty, and his federal trial was to begin next month. (AP Photo/ThoughtWorks, Pernille Ironside)

Swartz’ death fuels debate over computer crime

Daniel Wagner, Verena Dobnik · January 13, 2013 5:00 am

New federal rules aim to curb risky mortgages

New federal rules aim to curb risky mortgages

Daniel Wagner · January 10, 2013 2:21 pm

In this Dec. 13, 2012 photo, a customer stops at a Bank of America ATM office in Boston. Bank of America Corp. says it will spend more than $10 billion to settle mortgage claims resulting from the housing meltdown. Under the deal announced Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, the bank will pay $3.6 billion to Fannie Mae and buy back $6.75 billion in loans that the North Carolina-based bank and its Countrywide banking unit sold to the government agency from Jan. 1, 2000 through Dec. 31, 2008. That includes about 30,000 loans. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

10 banks agree to pay $8.5B for foreclosure abuse

Associated Press, Daniel Wagner · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

US service firms grow by most in 10 months

US service firms grow by most in 10 months

Daniel Wagner · January 4, 2013 4:22 pm

Will retailers rebound after weak holiday season?

Will retailers rebound after weak holiday season?

Daniel Wagner · December 30, 2012 5:22 pm

In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, photo, a holiday shoppers reflected in a ornament handing from a large Christmas tree at Fashion Island shopping center in Newport Beach, Calif. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. U.S. holiday retail sales this year are the weakest since 2008, after a shopping season disrupted by storms and rising uncertainty among consumers. A report out Tuesday that tracks spending, called MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, says holiday sales increased 0.7 percent. Analysts had expected sales to grow 3 to 4 percent. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Shoppers disappoint retailers this holiday season

Daniel Wagner · December 26, 2012 1:11 pm

In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 photo, people walk through the Fashion Island shopping center in Newport Beach, Calif. U.S. holiday retail sales this year are the weakest since 2008, after a shopping season disrupted by storms and rising uncertainty among consumers. A report out Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, that tracks spending, called MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, says holiday sales increased 0.7 percent. Analysts had expected sales to grow 3 to 4 percent. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

US holiday retail sales growth weakest since 2008

Daniel Wagner · December 25, 2012 11:57 pm

Just how special are special dividends?

Just how special are special dividends?

Daniel Wagner · December 9, 2012 5:42 pm

In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, Dr. Abdul Mabud, director of the scientific services division of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, holds up a bottle of snake liquor from east Asia at a laboratory, in Beltsville, Md. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which collects taxes on booze and smokes and tells the companies that produce them how to do business, is one example of the specialized government offices threatened by Washingtonâs current zeal for cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Booze, smokes on agenda for quirky gov’t group

Daniel Wagner · December 8, 2012 3:29 pm

Knight Capital jumps on Getco buyout offer

Knight Capital jumps on Getco buyout offer

Daniel Wagner · November 29, 2012 12:06 am

Intrade boots US customers after federal charges

Intrade boots US customers after federal charges

Daniel Wagner · November 26, 2012 10:06 pm