States are trying to make it harder for new regulations and rules to be enacted in the first place.

Becoming a public company also means Facebook will be facing more scrutiny, from investors, sure — but also from government regulators.

Newly appointed head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, speaks about the priorities on the table for the organization.

European officials are reportedly on the verge of blocking a deal to create the world's biggest stock exchange.

The Senate banking committee today is questioning regulators of the Dodd-Frank law to gauge how much they've improved the financial system. The law…

President Barack Obama will sign an executive order today requiring federal agencies to review regulations that might hurt economic growth. Juli…

A federal appellate court in Washington DC will consider the fate of so-called e-cigarettes next month. E-cigarettes use batteries to turn nicotine…

Our economic blogging conference has broken into smaller groups for lunch, and the session I'm attending is called "The Fate of Finance." The…