On the spending bill chopping block: A section of the Dodd-Frank Regulatory Reform bill. So what does it do exactly?

There’s news that the New York Stock Exchange might be acquired for $8 billion by the Atlanta-based upstart IntercontinentalExchange.

Weather derivatives allow companies to hedge against catastrophic losses.

Today, federal regulators are going to define the word "swap," — and that seemingly simple act will set in motion a series of new regulations that are part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

We came up with a lot of possibilities when we were trying to think of a good metaphor to explain a derivatives clearinghouse….