Just a month after paying back $10 billion in government bailout funds, Goldman Sachs reported impressive second-quarter earnings Tuesday, comfortably surpassing analysts' expectations. Its quarterly profits rang in at $3.44 billion, or $4.93 a share.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes, denied all charges during his first day of testimony Tuesday before the three-judge Special Court for Sierra Leone.
In a special series of online-only videos for the Business Desk, Paul Solman speaks to former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson about how the economy is faring amid the financial crisis. Today, the discussion turns to whether China will continue
The Senate Judiciary Committee launched hearings Monday on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court. The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle offers insight.
Twenty-four hours a day for 100 days, people will join kings and generals high atop London's Trafalgar Square, becoming, if only for an hour, a living monument. In artist Antony Gormley's "One & Other," people of the United Kingdom occupy
California's $26 billion state budget crisis could be resolved as soon as Friday. Non-partisan Sacramento political consultant Leo McElroy discusses the reasons behind lawmakers' recent optimism.
