Month: October 2010

By Kara Scannell and Tom Lauricella Regulators investigating the causes of the May 6 “flash crash” singled out a Midwestern mutual-fund company’s computer-driven trade as

By Satyajit Das Detox Cures In the first half of 2010, angst about European sovereign debt receded and market volatility eased. In the second half

By Karen Freifeld and David Mildenberg Ambac Assurance Corp. sued Bank of America Corp. over $16.7 billion of mortgage-backed securities, saying the bank’s Countrywide Financial

Ohio Secretary of State Brunner has sent a criminal referral to the US attorney general over ubiquitous mortgage fraud. Continue reading the article . .

By Lymari Morales For the fourth straight year, the majority of Americans say they have little or no trust in the mass media to report

Shares in Monsanto slumped by 10% on Tuesday amid talk that some of the group’s top-of-the-range corn seed, genetically modified to protect against insect pests,

Global governance—the collective management of common problems at the international level—is at a critical juncture. Although global governance institutions have racked up many successes since