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Wall Street
SAC: 'A magnet for market cheaters'?
Jul 25, 2013
The Justice Department has charged big hedge fund SAC with insider trading.
Why your bank might own an oil tanker
Jul 23, 2013
Banks are coming under scrutiny for doing business outside of banking, like owning metal warehouses and power plants. The Senate Banking Committee and federal regulators are looking into whether big banks are profiting at the consumer's expense.
Bank of America profits and America's banks
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Krissy Clark
Jul 17, 2013
Bank of America is the latest major U.S. bank to report strong profit growth. But does the mean the economy is healing?
Earnings calls: A banker's driveway moment
Jul 16, 2013
In an effort to spice up boring earnings conference calls, Yahoo added a live video stream of Marissa Mayer today. Netflix will do the same, with a twist, next week.
Wall Street movie looks at life as the bull
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Kai Ryssdal
Jul 12, 2013
For the past 23 years, there's been one up-close observer of Wall Street. A new short film offers perspective from the point-of-view of The Charging Bull of Wall Street.
Fantasy trading site allows users to 'play' the stock market
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Molly Wood
Jul 11, 2013
Players are signing up for Wall Street Magnate in droves, in part, because the simulated experience reflects the stock market in real time.
Thomson Reuters expected to suspend data sneak peaks: Report
Jul 8, 2013
Is ok to pay to get the jump on market-moving news? Thomson Reuters is expected to suspend the practice of selling so-called sneak peeks of certain economic data to select clients today.
For public good, not for profit.
Bitcoin entrepreneurs barrel ahead despite legal clouds
Jul 3, 2013
A crop of start ups with venture capital backing are trying to make Bitcoin more mainstream and easy to trade.
Gold buyers, Wall Street both hate Bernanke right now
Jun 20, 2013
The markets take a hit in the wake of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s “good” news about the economy.
Sorry to say, but an apology costs money
Jun 19, 2013
SEC chairman Mary Jo White is pushing for more admissions of wrongdoing in cases of widespread harm to investors .