Neuroeconomics sheds light on how things went horribly wrong on Wall Street, and might even point the way to fixes.

Washington could learn a thing or two from Warren Buffett on how to restore stability to the financial world.

Stock exchanges are scary places. Consumers are stretched thin. Now for the good news: There's a lot of cash on the sidelines, and there are good places to put it to work.

Wall Street was higher to start the day, despite a gloomy outlook from General Electric; Washington Mutual is being shopped to private equity and other investment firms.

There's more out there than you might think, and ways to invest it.

Shares plummet as chicken producer warns of loss and debt problems.

Markets fell, and these guys got crushed.

If government money gets the mortgage-backed securities markets going, Merrill chief John Thain may get cold feet--fast.

A deal likely won't happen this week, and if Paulson wants one at all, he better improve his case to Congress.

In the coming days, Congress may authorize $700 billion to buy bad debt from financial institutions. Even if all challenges of the plan were to be overcome, the plan does not address one of the fundamental reasons why credit markets

Congressional consensus over the final shape of the bailout bill (which has now been christened as the Trouble Asset Relief Program, or TARP) may or may not be on track, depending on who's speaking. One critical point seems settled: the

The U.S. dollar fell today against majors as investors' confidence rose over the prospects of the biggest bailout plan in the U.S. history to get approved by the Congress, this increased so called carry trades where investors borrow in low

Orders for durable goods fell 4.5% month-over-month in August and the July headline reading was revised down to 0.8% from 1.3%, pointing to weak investment spending ahead in the United States. The market was expecting a more moderate 1.6% monthly

The US dollar fell against the yen and euro today after continuing uncertainty surrounding the government bailout and weaker-than-expected economic data. President George W. Bush delivered a televised speech last night to urge lawmakers to pass the proposed $700 billion

It is now confirmed that the US housing and labor market is in serious trouble. New home sales broke below the 500k make or break mark for the first time in 17 years. The last time we saw new home

Data released today underscored the global fallout from what began as a U.S. sub-prime mortgage debt problem. All continents are feeling the pain. In Australia, new home sales fell 1.3% in August, including a 2.4% drop in detached private homes,

The U.S. housing market continued to display weakness in August as sales of new single-family homes fell 11.5% from 520,000 in July to 460,000 in August. The prior month's initially reported 515,000 figure was revised up to 520,000. Sales are

The markets are quite volatile as traders await the release of details regarding the US$ 700 billion bailout of troubled U.S. financial institutions. Congressional and governmental leaders continue to meet and there is an indication that the US$ 700 billion

The dollar was moving higher against the euro, pound and yen while stocks where trading near session highs as investors speculated a deal would be reached on the Treasury's plan. The White House said "significant progress" had been made ahead

The dollar's negative tone in the overnight session reversed once traders began speculating that lawmakers would reach an aggreement on the Treasury's plan to purchase distressed mortgage assets from banks and other financial firms. In economic news, orders for Durable