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?