Wall Street

Wall Street workers were paid close to $300,000 last year on average, and securities firms like Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch are turning $3 billion quarterly profits. Amy Scott reports on the banking boom.

Analysts will be looking at today's third quarter earnings report for signs that the Intel's restructuring plans are starting to bear fruit. Sarah Gardner reports.

Host Scott Jagow talks to Newsweek Magazine's Wall Street Editor Allan Sloan about the differences between two of Silicon Valley's biggest titans: Yahoo and Google.

A major drought in Australia has driven wheat prices up here in the US. Prices hit a 10-year high yesterday and investors are scared that there may be wheat shortages for months to come. Mike Rhee reports.

MasterCard recently went public, now Visa says it's planning to do the same. Ashley Milne-Tyte looks at why the biggest names in credit cards are going public now.

The third-quarter earnings season begins in earnest today. Nancy Marshall Genzer looks at who will be grabbing the headlines.

Host Scott Jagow speaks with Newsweek magazine's Wall Street editor Alan Sloan about possible criminal charges and who should be held responsible in Hewlett-Packard's corporate spying scandal.

The New York Stock Exchange is trying a new trading system that might pose a threat to the floor traders whose loud and chaotic activities have been an integral part of its daily activities. Amy Scott reports.

With the fourth quarter of 2006 underway, Lisa Napoli takes a look at where the economy is headed for the rest of the year.

Newsweek Wall Street editor Allan Sloan talks with host Scott Jagow about the recent stock market climb.