As the economy continues on the road to recovery, the rate on the 10-year T-note has gone from about 3.5% in February to almost 4% now. That means it's getting more expensive for the U.S. to borrow money. Jeremy Hobson reports.
The Justice Department is looking into potential wrongdoing in the municipal bond market. Big Wall Street firms may have conspired to pay below-market interest rates to local governments on their investments. Jeremy Hobson reports.
The Big Money's Heidi Moore and T. Rowe Price's Andy Brooks talk with Kai Ryssdal about what's going on with the markets and whether the government's new initiatives to help troubled homeowners will work.
The S&P 500's just a couple percentage points shy of where it was back in July 2006. So is the stock market now back to where it was during more "normal times?" Bob Moon reports.
A portion of the $787 billion stimulus package was set aside for tax breaks for money-losing companies. But guess who's knocking at Uncle Sam's door looking for a piece of the action? The banks. Jeremy Hobson reports.
An overhaul of federal banking rules is one step closer to passing. But critics say the bill, which gives the government new powers against too-big-to-fail companies, is full of loopholes. John Dimsdale reports.
Pay czar Kenneth Feinberg is sending letters to more than 400 firms that got government rescues, widening the field of companies under his scrutiny. Bill Radke talks to Marketplace's Brett Neely about what the pay czar can do.
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon and Fortune Magazine's Leigh Gallagher talk with Kai Ryssdal about whether the SEC is on the road to redemption, and whether low interest rates contributed to the housing boom and bust.
If you've ever seen images from the stock exchange in New York, you've seen those colorful jackets the traders wear. For more than 35 years, a single company has made them. But these days, the company has had to diversify. Amy Scott reports.
The accounting firm Ernst & Young is on the hot seat over not challenging Lehman's dodgy accounting practices. Sarah Gardner reports the criticism is tarnishing the industry's image.
