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What a difference a year makes. In October 2008, the candidate Barack Obama delivered a major economic speech in Toledo, Ohio.

After working for a vending machine company for more than 20 years, James O'Connor was replaced with someone younger.

Things turned Orwellian in the House Financial Services Committee this week when members - with the backing of the White House - passed an investor protection bill that would make it all too easy for thousands of publicly traded companies to cook their books.

As the unemployment rate surged to 10.2 percent in October, reaching double digits for the first time in 26 years, it suddenly seemed possible that the nation might yet confront the worst joblessness since the Great Depression .

Nov. 6 -- University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman and Mark Crumpton about the university's finances and partnership with Google Inc.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners on Thursday approved a proposal to establish a new model for determining ratings of residential mortgage-backed securities .

The American public has no say in Federal Reserve policy. But the gold market might.

In an attempt to help those who cannot help themselves from becoming obese, the government has implemented new legislative fiats requiring restaurants to post the calorie count of each item on their menus. Unfortunately, the heavy hand of government dictate is producing counter productive results. Consider the following study showing that ...

Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts.

Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday.

The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 - and is likely to go higher.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. , the biggest credit-card lender, and British Airways will offer new customers 100,000 airline miles, intensifying the battle for affluent spenders.

Two well-known companies surged in their market debuts Thursday despite what has recently been a difficult market for initial public offerings.

Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government.

Can't pay the mortgage? You still might be able to stay in your home. Government-controlled mortgage company Fannie Mae is going to give borrowers on the verge of foreclosure the option of renting their homes for a year.

A half-renovated Victorian era home is offered for sale in the Angelino Heights neighborhood.

Federal agents on Wednesday asked for the public's help in finding a preacher who has been charged with setting fire to his church in Clarke County, filing false tax returns and using another person's Social Security number.

Close November 4, 2009, 1:08 PM ET By Sara Murray Consumer bankruptcies climbed 27.9% in October from the prior year, the American Bankruptcy Institute said Wednesday.