Lessons of Reinhart-Rogoff: Lawrence Summers

The economics commentariat and no small part of the political debate in recent weeks has been consumed with the controversy surrounding the work of my Harvard colleagues (and friends) Carmen Reinhart ...

European Central Bank Cuts Main Interest Rate

The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the first time in 10 months on Thursday, driven to act by an economy wallowing in recession and freed to do so by sharply falling inflation. The ECB ...

U.S. May Not Hit Debt Limit Until October

The United States might not hit the statutory limit on its debt until October, a policy research group said on Friday, giving Republican lawmakers more time to extract spending cuts from the Obama ...

NY City Sues BP Over Deepwater Horizon Spill

New York City said on Friday it sued BP Plc for more than $39 million of losses it claims beneficiaries of the city's pension funds sustained due to BP's "misconduct and fraudulent behavior" linked ...

SAC Gives Investors More Time To Pull Money Out

Hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen is giving investors more time to withdraw their money from SAC Capital Advisor's funds, as his $15-billion firm faces continued federal scrutiny in an insider trading ...

Software Glitch Shuts Down CBOE

A software glitch shut down the Chicago Board Options Exchange for half the day on Thursday, preventing trading in options on two of the U.S. stock market's most closely watched indexes and ...