Sallie Krawcheck is the latest woman in a top-tier Wall Street job to get the boot in connection with the billion-dollar losses roiling financial markets.

American International Group’s ex-CEO Robert Willumstad has declined a $22 million severance package from his former employer.

They’re far from the most-watched shows on television, but 30 Rock and Mad Men were the big winners at last night’s 60th Emmy Awards ceremony.

Benny Medina may be having having diva trouble. His longtime client, Mariah Carey, is rumored to be considering dropping Medina as her manager because of speculation that Medina is reuniting with his former client, Jennifer Lopez.

One connection that impacted the war in Iraq for the better was the friendship between two soldiers, Gen. David H. Petraeus and retired Gen. John M. “Jack” Keane.

Topping this week’s list of top searches on Muckety was Lynn Forester de Rothschild after the former Hillary Clinton supporter threw her support behind GOP candidate John McCain.

As the former head of the Senate Banking Committee, Gramm led the charge in 1999 to repeal a Depression-era banking regulation law that some economists say contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis.

Finding a scapegoat within his own party, Republican Sen. John McCain said Thursday that if he were president he would fire Christopher C. Cox, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pity the masters of the universe who sank millions into trophy properties just before their companies collapsed. There are quite a few at this spectacular, new condo development on Manhattan’s Upper West side.

A second ex-official has pleaded guilty in the sex, drugs and bid-rigging scandal at the U.S. Interior Department for helping a friend and former colleague win a million-dollar federal contract.

Hannah Montana is Nicholas Sparks’ latest muse.

When U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson chose former Allstate Chairman Edward M. Liddy to head American International Group Inc. after the government’s bailout of the insurance giant, he was turning to an old buddy he knew he could trust.

One solution to Sen. John McCain’s perceived problem with lobbyists? Call them something else.

Several current and former Los Angeles Times staffers have sued Chicago billionaire Sam Zell and the Tribune Company for misusing employees’ stock to purchase the media conglomerate last December.

A web-savvy campaign that promises open government shouldn’t make it so hard to learn about its financial backers.

Democratic fund-raiser Lynn Forester de Rothschild has spent several months bemoaning Hillary Clinton’s failed bid for the presidential nomination. Today she went further, throwing her support behind GOP nominee John McCain.

Howard W. Lutnick, the chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald, is famously loyal to friends. This year, he collected at least $100,000 for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign and between $50,000 and $100,000 for Arizona Sen. John McCain.

SNL producer Lorne Michaels must have had mixed feelings Saturday night.

Harvey R. Miller, who has handled some of the nation’s highest-profile bankruptcy cases, is heading the Weil Gotshal team that will oversee the likely liquidation of Lehman Brothers’ assets.

Kenneth D. Lewis went shopping over the weekend and made a really big purchase.