Investment

Budget Battles

  • Bernanke Defends Fed, Hints at Further Stimulus

    By PEDRO DA COSTA and Alister Bull, Reuters

    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday said the U.S. economy faced "daunting" challenges and that progress reducing unemployment had been too slow, but he stopped short of providing a clear...

  • A Convention Bump? Maybe Not on Wall Street

    By Yuval Rosenberg

    Brokers and bankers may be backing Mitt Romney in his race against President Obama, but as Republicans start their Tampa nominating convention in earnest, will three days of pro-Romney tributes put...

  • Sexy Social Robots Go Gaga at a Tokyo Cabaret

    By Reuters

    In a restaurant down an alley in one of Tokyo's best-known red light districts, four massive female robots wink and wave as they lumber to the beat of traditional Japanese drums and a Lady Gaga dance...

  • SEC: Time to Lift the Gag Order on IPO Filings

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    It’s about time that someone took a hard second look at the so-called “quiet period,” the rule that companies can’t comment publicly on their companies’ prospects, beyond what is contained in the S-1...

  • GOP Platform Dilutes Romney’s Focus on Economy

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    Delegates to the Republican national convention will adopt a platform on Tuesday that represents a major triumph for the economic and social conservatives that make up the party’s activist base. The...