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

Rick Wagoner, a lifelong car guy who has headed General Motors for the past eight years, needs a little respect and a lot of money.

As a church pastor, Barry Minkow believes in forgiveness and redemption. As a crusader against fraud and resume padding, however, the born again former corporate con man likes to make his targets squirm.

Crisis management was the name of the game this week, as The Wall Street Journal announced its annual list of “The Top 50 Women to Watch.”

It’s a sign of the times that even the super rich can’t get credit.

Lewis Ranieri, who pioneered mortgage backed securities when he worked at Salomon Brothers in the late 1970s and more recently warned against their misuse, is the latest victim of the nation’s housing crisis.

The federal government today announced a new, bigger bailout for American International Group.

With his choice of Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama is getting not just a politically savvy player, but a man with deep ties to the business community, especially to Wall Street.

Harvard University is dropping out of Google’s massive book-scanning project involving copyrighted books, citing concerns about reader access.

Mark Cuban has always been a fan of transparency. The famously vocal billionaire owner of the basketball’s Dallas Mavericks doesn’t hide his emotions as he roots for his teams at games and takes on National Basketball Association bigwigs.