In another unnerving day for Wall Street, investors suffered their worst losses since the Sept. 11 attacks, and government officials raced to prevent the financial crisis from spreading. ...more

September 16, 2008

The field of possible buyers for Lehman Brothers narrowed Saturday, but the parties involved in the discussions over the wounded investment bank's future were at loggerheads over how to finance the rescue. ...more

September 14, 2008

When federal regulators start writing new rules for financial institutions next year, they should demand big changes in how bankers and traders are paid. ...more

September 13, 2008

The Wall Street firm that started the U.S. cotton trade before the Civil War and financed the railroads that built a nation might soon fade into history. ...more

September 13, 2008

A government order expired Tuesday that temporarily banned a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks. ...more

August 13, 2008

Guess who holds your mortgage now? It's your friendly neighborhood hedge fund. Dozens of hedge funds, private equity groups and other investors have plunged into the beaten-down mortgage market in recent months, buying tens of thousands of distressed loans and foreclosed properties around the country. ...more

July 31, 2008

Securities regulators from several U.S. states on Thursday raided the St. Louis headquarters of Wachovia Securities, seeking documents and records on the company's sales practices. ...more

July 18, 2008

Investors bailed out of investment bank stocks Monday as concerns about the credit crisis prompted one analyst to call for Lehman Brothers Holdings to go private. ...more

July 15, 2008

Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November. ...more

July 7, 2008

There are new signs that the worst of the global credit crisis is yet to come, and that banks and brokerages caught up in the market turmoil may lose $1 trillion by the time it has passed. ...more

June 19, 2008