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Adding value by slowing things down?

By Sabri Ben-Achour

June 17, 2016

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The IEX would be a new market to trade on with a 350 microsecond delay. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images

IEX, a market with a 350 microsecond delay, could make a difference to investors.

POSTED IN: stock exchanges Securities and Exchange Commission high frequency traders

It's surprisingly hard to figure out what big banks spend to follow the rules

April 13, 2016

A man walks past JP Morgan Chase's corporate headquarters in New York City. — (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

But even if we did, would it matter?

POSTED IN: Banks big banks dodd-frank Securities and Exchange Commission JPMorgan Chase

It's tax time — and time for tax scams

By Annie Baxter

April 13, 2016

People fill out forms and wait in line at a downtown Manhattan post office on the final day of tax season. (2010) — Mario Tama/Getty Images

Cyberthieves impersonate corporate executives to access information used in tax return fraud.

POSTED IN: Taxes tax fraud tax return fraud cyber crime

Yields on the 10-year T-note fall below 2 percent

January 20, 2016

Think of the T-Note as lending to the government. — PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images

Wait, but what is that again?

POSTED IN: bonds Treasurys securities

The multi-billion dollar problem of food fraud

By Annie Baxter

January 15, 2016

A woman stands in a supermarket aisle in New York City. — Chris Hondros/Getty Images

Recalls and brand damage related to food fraud cost companies billions.

POSTED IN: food fraud food companies food adulteration

Company tests new waters for small-scale investors

By Rickey Bevington

November 10, 2015

John Mangham, in Atlanta, is a borrower, who purchases, renovates and sells residential property. Lately, he's been getting loans from Groundfloor. — Courtesy Lauren FitzHugh, Groundfloor

Groundfloor lets non-accredited investors get in on small-scale real estate deals.

POSTED IN: real estate investment Securities and Exchange Commission

Exxon target of climate change probe

By Sabri Ben-Achour

November 06, 2015

An Exxon gas station in Burbank, California. — David McNew/Getty Images

What did the company know about the issue and what did it tell shareholders?

POSTED IN: climate change Exxon securities law

October deadline looms for credit cards with chips

September 30, 2015

Credit companies want banks and stores ready for the new cards by October 1. — (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

There's an economic incentive to get everyone on the more-secure system.

POSTED IN: Credit card secured credit card credit card fraud

Five years on, Dodd-Frank still controversial

By Kimberly Adams

July 21, 2015

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew speaks during an event marking the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law at the Newseum July 20, 2015 in Washington, DC. — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Regulators are still writing rules for the financial reform law.

POSTED IN: dodd-frank Dodd-Frank law Securities and Exchange Commission