The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to relax rules on how shares for private companies are traded. This could have big implications for big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter.
Today, the European Central Bank raised its key rate by .25 percent. Economist Carl Weinberg explains why that could be bad news for countries like Spain, Portugal and Ireland.
The Wall Street Journal's Leslie Scism discusses the paper's findings in an investigation of shares bought by former Berkshire Hathaway exec David Sokol, and how that has impacted the company's — and CEO Warren Buffett's — reputation.
Going over listeners' responses to past Marketplace stories. This week: considering the 'dislike' button on Facebook, Citibank's new check policies and our April Fools' Day joke.
As the government faces a potential shutdown over failing budget negotiations, federal employees are being divided into two camps: essential and non-essential.
The once-popular website MySpace will open up its books to buyers today. Newscorp, its current owner, hopes of a quick sale of the ailing social media site.
