The former New York senator is working as a paid lobbyist for the World Trade Center Memorial Fund to help the group win approval for a commemorative coin to be used as a fund-raising tool.

Just how close was Sen. Christopher Dodd to AIG? So close that in late 2006, when Democrats were about to take control of Congress, then-AIG Financial Products CEO Joseph Cassano urged top executives to donate to the man about to become banking chairman.

Only six months ago, General Motors chief executive Rick Wagoner celebratied the automaker’s 100th anniversary, saying its mission was to demonstrate it could lead again. Whether or not GM regains that leadership, Wagoner will certainly not.

For better or for worse, B. Ben Baldanza may be the airline executive of the future.

A group of Democratic stalwarts who campaigned for Barack Obama are organizing a new business group which is being described as a progressive alternative to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

British investigators said Friday that Ruth Madoff got a $2 million payment from the London division of her husband’s securities firm just weeks before he was arrested for securities fraud.

The same day the legendary defense lawyer signed on to represent Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, DeGuerin was already calling media organizations to give them a sneak peek of the defense.

The younger brother and business partner of convicted felon Bernard Madoff is under increasing scrutiny from investigators, as well as from victims of the $65 billion fraud.