Bailout firms pay nearly all back taxes owed to US

Companies receiving money from the government's Wall Street bailout have repaid almost all the $531 million in unpaid federal taxes they owed when they entered the program, a government in...

Weak US retail sales data hits World Stocks

World stocks were weighed down Friday by news of an unexpected drop in U.S. retail sales, which suggests the recovery in the world's largest economy is slower than expected...

U.S. stocks' pullback reaches 15% on key indexes

After Monday’s decline, the average New York Stock Exchange stock now is down 15.7% from its April peak, as measured by the NYSE composite index. The index is down 4.1% just since the end of May.

Ever Again Trust Wall Street?

Consider Philip Eberlin, 56 years old, who runs a woodwork-restoration business in Chicago Heights, Ill. Trading hot stocks a decade ago, Mr. Eberlin got burned on picks like Krispy Kreme and Tyco. In 2007 he got back into stocks, only to take another hit.

Goldman’s CEO, the Most Powerful Person of 2009?

Vanity Fair has released its annual ranking of "100 Information Age Powers" of 2009...