Wall Street

Europe's debt, anemic unemployment claims and general economic malaise all took the fall for the Dow's 500 point drop. But in reality, we'll never know the real culprit.

The Dow dropped 500 points in one day — but economists are blaming news we've known about for months now. So why the panic now?

Reviewing the week's news on Wall Street. This week: how the debt deal — if it comes — will affect U.S. credit and what looks to be a pending downgrade.

Commodities traders feel the pinch of debt ceiling uncertainty.

Despite all the back-and-forth happening with the debt ceiling discussions, the markets haven't reacted and don't seem worried.

Former newspaper editor James O'Shea talks about the Wall Street deals that he believes helped bring down the great American newspaper.

Reviewing the week's news on Wall Street. This week: the latest on the debt talks after President Obama's press conference on Friday.

Louise Story, business reporter with the New York Times, discusses her article on Wall Street's fallback plans if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling before August 2nd.

The Federal Aviation Administration could face a shutdown this weekend if Congress cannot agree on budget subsidies. The major sticking point is subsidies for small, rural airports.