Tag: Finance

A student loan portfolio released ThursdayÂ sheds new light on the status of the massive build-up of student debt in the U.S. over the past decade.Â (Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images for UCLA)

Student debt: The good, the bad and the ugly

Joseph Lawler · August 21, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on Friday called on his state's governor to ban gun ownership for "suspected terrorists." (AP Photo)

Cap on ‘swipe fees’ hasn’t lowered merchants’ costs, Richmond Fed finds

Joseph Lawler · August 18, 2015 6:43 pm

"BNY Mellon deserved significant sanction for providing valuable student internships to family members of foreign officials to influence their actions," a Securities and Exchange Commission official said. (AP file)

BNY Mellon fined for giving internships to kids of foreign officials

Joseph Lawler · August 18, 2015 4:58 pm

Robert Steven Kaplan has been named the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.Â (Paul Goguen/Bloomberg)

Dallas Fed names former Goldman Sachs banker new president

Joseph Lawler · August 17, 2015 5:20 pm

Citigroup's affiliates will pay out $180 million to the investors hurt by the failure of the hedge funds, but without admitting guilt for breaking specific securities laws. (Getty Images file)

Citigroup hedge funds to pay $180 million in settlement

Joseph Lawler · August 17, 2015 3:49 pm

In this photo illustration U.S. Treasury checks are piled at the U.S. Treasury printing facility July 18, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo Illustration by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

Four Social Security myths

Barbara Boland · August 14, 2015 6:35 pm

The rule would encourage those offering retirement advice to act in the best interests of their clients, a move supporters say is needed as people switch from work-sponsored to personal retirement plans. (AP)

Who won this week’s battle over 401k savings plans?

Joseph Lawler · August 14, 2015 4:01 am

Stock prices whiz by on a ticker near the Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange April 16, 2010 in New York, New York. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Goldman Sachs to buy GE Capital Bank

Joseph Lawler · August 13, 2015 9:02 pm

Clinton speaks with students and faculty of New Hampshire Technical Institute on April 21, 2015 in Concord, New Hampshire. The conversation revolved around higher education, manufacturing and women in the work force. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Clinton’s education plan: Less for charity, more federal control

Washington Examiner · August 12, 2015 4:01 am

Participant hold their laptops in front of an illuminated wall at the annual Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers' congress, called 29C3, on December 28, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Patrick Lux/Getty Images)

Feds break up $100 million scheme to trade stocks using stolen press releases

Joseph Lawler · August 11, 2015 5:04 pm

"Twenty-five years after the ADA, there's been no significant employment improvement for people with disabilities," Neil Jacobson said. "The time for innovative change is now."(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

How should Social Security define disability?

Jason Russell · August 11, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Warren asked five agencies and the private industry regulator FINRA whether Symphony would evade their current guidelines for firms' communications and whether it would prevent them from doing their jobs in the future.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Elizabeth Warren worried banks will skirt rules with new messaging system

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2015 8:44 pm