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GDP is down

Oct 27, 2006
Today, the government said that third quarter GDP growth is at the weakest levels in more than three years. Many investors are worried the slowdown would prompt the Fed to raise interest rates. John Dimsdale reports.

NYSE meets Tokyo?

Oct 27, 2006
What would it mean if the New York Stock Exchange formed an alliance with the Tokyo Stock Exchange? Round-the-clock access to markets for New York traders, Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.

SEC looking into mutual fund kickbacks

Oct 26, 2006
Securities regulators are investigating 27 investment advisory companies for allegedly misusing shareholder money. Amy Scott reports.

Guilty of backdating

Oct 25, 2006
Federal investigators got their first guilty plea in the stock options backdating scandal. The outcome could give executives at the other 140 companies involved even more to worry about. Bob Moon reports.

JetBlue decelerates

Oct 24, 2006
Discount airline JetBlue today reported flat quarterly earnings and announced it would scale back expansion plans. So why did shares take off? Jeff Tyler explains why slow growth sounds good on Wall Street.

Stock tip spam scam

Oct 24, 2006
Does it seem like you've been getting a lot of e-mails promising hot new stock tips lately? You're probably going to see more and more of this spam filling up your inbox — because it's working. Amy Scott reports.

Interest rate guessing game is back

Oct 24, 2006
The folks who pull the strings at the Federal Reserve meet today to consider interest rates. That means Wall Street investors will be getting back to one of their least-favorite pastimes. Bob Moon reports.

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Move over NYSE

Oct 23, 2006
New York City has long been considered the world's financial capital, but lately there's been talk that it's losing ground to London. So the city's hired consultants to compare financial services sectors. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.

Sloan Sessions: Pension reform

Oct 23, 2006
Host Scott Jagow and Newsweek Wall Street editor Allan Sloan discuss what so-called pension reform means for pensioners — and taxpayers.

Finally, blue skies for airlines

Oct 19, 2006
Southwest is expected to post healthy Q3 earnings today on the heels of rosy profits from American Airlines yesterday. Is this the long-awaited turnaround in the airline industry? Diantha Parker reports.