Jon Stewart hammered Jim Cramer and his network, CNBC, in their anticipated face-off on "The Daily Show," repeatedly chastising the "Mad Money" host for putting entertainment above journalism.
The Swiss government says it will cooperate on cases of international tax evasion, breaking with a long-standing tradition.
Five closed-end mutual funds advised by Pacific Investment Management Co. will redeem an additional $225 million in illiquid auction rate securities.
Bernard Madoff's lawyers are appealing a judge's decision to revoke his $10 million bail and send him to jail to await sentencing.
The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer confidence index rose to 56.6 this month, from 56.3 in February.
China's premier is worried about its massive holdings of Treasuries and other U.S. debt, appealing to Washington to safeguard their value.
National Advisors Trust Co. said today that it was expanding the alternative-investment-custody services that it provides to advisers.
Attempts to avoid the largest municipal-bond default in U.S. history were dealt a blow this month when two Wall Street banks ended swap agreements with Jefferson County, Ala.
Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. is interested in picking up some of the brokers and advisers from the distressed Stanford Group Co., the Houston-based broker-dealer arm of the disgraced companies controlled by financial R. Allen Stanford.
