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.

When you’re suspected of having granted favors to a future employer while still in government office, you’re apt to become the focus of a grand jury investigation.

Wealthy financier Lionel Pincus died Saturday, ending a chapter in a rancorous legal battle between his family and his love interest, Princess Firyal of Jordan.

Not since Woodrow Wilson has a sitting American president been awarded the Nobel peace prize.

Jeb Bush, who ended his job as Florida governor in 2007, now holds positions with six companies.

Paul J. Kern never made big bucks as a four-star general. The Army pay grade for his rank was less than $200,000 a year.

Stephen Hess, a senior fellow emeritus at the Brookings Institution, ranks America’s top political dynasties.

Unlike his wife Linda, who runs a lobby shop in Washington, Tom Daschle is not a registered lobbyist.

The Minow family is reshaping America.