The latest bundler-turned-ambassador: Atlanta lawyer David Adelman.

Retired generals, long able to find work with defense contractors, are also double-dipping with the Pentagon, according to a study published this week by USA Today.

Joshua Gotbaum, recently nominated by President Obama to head the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, has big challenges awaiting him.

Michael W. Scott had been scheduled to receive a lifetime achievement award today from a Chicago nonprofit group combatting violence.

Tracking the players in the health care debate is just slightly less complicated than mapping DNA.

Former New Hampshire Sen. John E. Sununu made waves after he joined the congressional panel overseeing the bailout, but he has caused barely a ripple since leaving.

Deliberations were scheduled to begin today in the trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers.

Paul Pelosi has decades of experience in avoiding the spotlight.

Two seemingly unrelated investment stories roused the press and the public this week.

For rich politicians wanting to hold onto their jobs, Election Night 2009 was unnerving.

Despite the Obama administration’s position against the undue influence of lobbying, a good number of lobbyists and trade group execs have been stopping by 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Half of the members of the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense are being investigated by congressional ethics panels.

Recent events in Afghanistan haven’t returned Peter Galbraith to his old job, but they have brought affirmation.

Wealthy Republican fundraiser Mel Sembler has a new cause.

When Dick Cheney took the podium Wednesday to criticize the Obama administration and its Afghanistan strategy, he knew his audience.

When American tycoons get tangled up with royalty, it rarely ends happily.

As president of Columbia University, Lee Bollinger has quietly - and sometimes not so quietly - taken on a broader role as ambassador.

Describing it as the “largest hedge fund insider trading case” ever, federal authorities charged billionaire Raj Rajaratnam with conspiracy and securities fraud.

The aftershocks of Bruce Wasserstein’s death this week are just beginning to be felt.

Yet again, a behind-the-scenes email exchange is causing public discomfort.