What’s in a name? Ask the folks at Cerberus Capital Management, named for the three-headed dog that guards the gates of hell.

Penny Pritzker, the billionaire heiress who oversaw Barack Obama’s record-breaking fund-raising efforts, has taken herself out of the mix for U.S. Commerce Secretary.

A Barack Obama campaign promise may be making it a little difficult for him to assemble his presidential administrative team.

Out of the ashes of the Republican Party, an old GOP warrior may be rising.

A trial that has riveted the world of philanthropy ended today with the conviction of Alberto W. Vilar, a man who pledged, and sometimes gave, millions of dollars to the arts.

As any reader of suspense novels knows, it’s hard to keep good spies down. Punish them, banish them, take away their trench coats, they, nonetheless survive.

Brought down by subprime mortgages, credit default swaps and other high-stakes games, the financial world is giving Las Vegas a bad name.