Tag: Finance

John Rice, vice chairman of General Electric Co., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview. GE, along with Boeing and Caterpillar and Halliburton areÂ the top three beneficiaries amount for a majority of Ex-Im's financing.Â (Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg)

Export-Import Bank defenders argue by faulty anecdote

Timothy P. Carney · September 9, 2015 12:02 am

A letter written by four trade groupsÂ identified a sweeping banking reform package written by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., as a "step in the right direction."Â (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Banking groups unite in call for relief

Joseph Lawler · September 8, 2015 11:21 pm

SEC commissioner announces October resignation

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2015 8:06 pm

Boeing can't decide what its story is, other than that it wants its taxpayer subsidies back. (AP Photo)Â

Boeing threatens layoffs to keep taxpayer spigot open

David Williams · September 4, 2015 4:01 am

Thomas Hoenig, vice chairman of the (FDIC), speaks during a Bloomberg television interview during the Jackson Hole economic symposium, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. (Bloomberg)

One tough regulator’s idea for easing rules for banks

Joseph Lawler · September 4, 2015 4:01 am

Net income climbed 7 percent from a year earlier to $43 billion in the second quarter. (AP file)

Banks report record income in second quarter

Joseph Lawler · September 2, 2015 4:46 pm

By endorsing Tammy Baldwin's legislation, Hillary Clinton is responding to a push from progressive activists to stake out a more populist stance on the issue. (AP photo)Â

Clinton backs bill limiting revolving-door bonuses

Joseph Lawler · August 31, 2015 7:15 pm

Editorial cartoon: Chinese knockoffs

Editorial cartoon: Chinese knockoffs

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2015 7:20 pm

A screen above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. U.S. stocks closed sharply higher, giving the stock market its best day in close to four years. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

Was Wednesday’s stock market rally historically great?

Jason Russell · August 26, 2015 9:30 pm

While a 586-point loss is awful, it would be more accurate to compare historical daily losses by the percentage of the market lost. (AP photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Was Monday’s stock market loss historically bad?

Jason Russell · August 24, 2015 8:28 pm

World stock markets plunged on Monday after China's main index sank 8.5 percent, its biggest drop since the early days of the global financial crisis, amid deepening fears over the health of the world's second-largest economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stocks markets rocked amid China fears

Joseph Lawler · August 24, 2015 1:34 pm

Google bicycles are seen parked outside of Google headquarters on January 30, 2014 in Mountain View, Calif. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The tax law that is (unintentionally) hammering Silicon Valley employees

Barry Kramer · August 22, 2015 4:01 am