SEC chairman now says ex-official should have stayed away from policy on Madoff investors Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writer, On Thursday March 10, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday she erred in allowing a former agency official who benefited financially from […]

Higher oil prices slow US, global economies; US trade deficit rises to 7-month high Christopher S. Rugaber and Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writers, On Thursday March 10, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — Higher oil prices are slowing global economic growth, and the impact is likely to spread in coming months. Oil […]

By PALLAVI GOGOI, AP Business Writer – Tue Mar 8 NEW YORK – On the eve of the bull market’s second anniversary, billionaire investor Carl Icahn had an unsettling message for his investors: Take your money back. Icahn told investors in his hedge funds that he didn’t want to be responsible to […]