Consumer confidence hits an all-time low and today's Dow reacts by … hitting the second-highest point gain ever. Analysts contacted by the…

Just in case you've been wondering which banks have gotten bailout money so far, here you go.

You know Iceland's been having problems, right? Banks are failing, the currency's frozen, all kinds of bad things….

Steven Henn reports on today's Marketplace show about the findings of a study by the research group Maplight.org, which keeps an eye on money and…

Gold is often seen as an investment safe haven when the economy falls on hard times. But today it's down 11 percent, the biggest weekly percentage…

The practice of short selling has been blamed for the collapse of several major companies' shares during the financial crisis. What is short…

An investigation has begun into IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged affair with a coworker. The New York Times reports Strauss…

If you're a loyal listener to Marketplace (you are a loyal listener, aren't you?), you may appreciate the Los Angeles Times' story on what's going…

TGIF and sayonara to another wacky (and vertigo-inducing) week….

Chris Farrell and I had a lively discussion this morning about why bank CEOs haven't taken responsibility for their role in this financial crisis…