Ireland sold $2 billion worth of government debt today to fund its country's budget. The move was more expensive due to Moody's cutting Ireland's credit rating.
Florida lawmakers are considering a constitutional amendment to ban drilling in state waters. Meanwhile, Kenneth Feinberg, who is overseeing BP's $20 billion compensation fund, is preparing rules on what makes claims legitimate.
TARP Congressional Oversight Panel chair Elizabeth Warren is the frontrunner for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Will tension between Warren and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner prevent her from nomination?
The Senate is expected to vote later today on the extension of unemployment benefits, and a heated debate is centered around whether those checks demotivate the unemployed from finding a job. We posed the big question to economist Diane Lim Rogers.
American employers are considering medical tourism for their employees as a cheaper insurance option — one employer even offers money to employees who opt to get treatment overseas.
Steve Chiotakis talks with Washington Post tech reporter Cecilia Kang about the FCC's message to Internet providers for more broadband access to more Americans.