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.

After months of debate and division, the U.S. Senate is primed to confirm David F. Hamilton of Indiana for a seat on a federal appeals court.

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

To say that Preet Bharara has hit the ground running since he started his new job would be an understatement.

In naming a new White House counsel, President Obama is replacing one Democratic Party insider with another Democratic Party insider.

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

Jeffry M. Picower died a very rich man last month in part because of returns on his investments with Ponzi scheme operator Bernard L. Madoff.

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.

Robert L. Reffkin, a vice president in the private equity division of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., would seem to be an investor who’s in for the long haul.

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.

In what was a generally good Election Day nationwide for Republicans and conservatives, Democrats prevailed in a special election in New York’s sprawling 23rd Congressional District.

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

Is reporter John Stossel objective? Well, no. Nor does he claim to be.

Geoffrey Canada, the CEO of the not-for-profit Harlem Children’s Zone, may be wondering about the cost of connections.

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.

Is Maurice R. “Hank” Greenberg trying to wreak revenge upon AIG, the company he once led?

A barrier was broken in golf; can basketball be far behind?

Chalk up another tragic ending connected to Bernard Madoff’s con - and another door likely nailed shut for investigators.

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

When Michael Jackson died in June, the words “RIP Michael Jackson” on Twitter and Facebook broke the news to millions of people.

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.

After a successful 2007 and 2008, Marc Shmuger and David Linde, the co-chairmen of Universal Pictures, oversaw a series of flops this year.

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

Indications are that the gay rights movement is on the threshold of major gains.

Muckety’s list of 50 of the most influential gay movers and shakers in the country.

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

Rush Limbaugh’s attempt to be part-owner of a football team ended last week when he was asked to leave a group that wants to buy the St. Louis Rams.

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.

Singer Carly Simon has sued Starbucks Corporation for $5 million to $10 million.

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.

Obit isn’t dead, though it could use more readers.

Readers here and abroad waited this week to see if the Nobel literature jury considered Yanks too “ignorant” and “isolated” to deserve the prize.