Lehman Bros. Holdings on Monday confirmed fears on Wall Street that the credit crisis isn't quite over, and it left investors to wonder whether other major investment banks face the same set of risks. ...more

June 10, 2008

Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch & Co. and Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. plummeted in New York trading after Standard & Poor's lowered credit ratings for the investment banks, saying they may have to book more write-downs on devalued assets. ...more

June 3, 2008

Federal authorities, responding to the subprime-mortgage crisis, have formed a task force to determine whether lenders or Wall Street firms participated in fraud. ...more

May 6, 2008

Regulators are trying to punish Wall Street for mortgage finance practices that not only expanded home ownership and spread risk among a host of new players - but also may have duped borrowers and investors who supplied cash to fuel a housing boom that has turned bust. ...more

February 19, 2008

The FBI on Tuesday said it is investigating 14 companies for possible accounting fraud, insider trading or other violations in connection with home loans made to risky borrowers. ...more

January 30, 2008

Authorities in New York and Connecticut are investigating whether Wall Street banks hid crucial information about high-risk loans bundled into securities that were sold to investors, Connecticut's Attorney General said Saturday. ...more

January 13, 2008

This might have been one of Wall Street's most dismal years in a decade, but that hasn't stopped bonus checks from rising an average of 14 percent. ...more

December 22, 2007

If you want to know how much of your pension fund is invested in mortgage-backed securities, you'll have to ask the fund manager. ...more

December 11, 2007

Battered by the subprime mortgage crisis, Bear Stearns Cos. on Wednesday cut 4 percent of its staff in a move that could prelude a final push by investment banks to cull their ranks before bonuses are handed out. ...more

November 29, 2007

A resume and a brief job interview can't answer the question that matters most to a new hire's co-workers: Is this person an absolute pain? ...more

November 7, 2007