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State and local government pension funds saw a nearly 23% drop in the value of their assets in 2009 as the U.S. economy struggled to get out from under the Great Recession, the Census Bureau says.

A new study by the Rand Corp. shows that free-market alternatives to President Barack Obama’s health reform may have an impact on bringing health costs down.

Despite S&P's warning that it was about to downgrade the U.S. sovereign debt in August, big Wall Street bond trading desks lost money trading Treasury bonds in the third quarter.

We told you two years ago a new health insurance program in health reform was unsustainable. Now the administration agrees, and has pulled the plug on it.

The White House’s updated "Home Affordable Refinance Program" may not be all it's cracked up to be. 

FBN's Elizabeth MacDonald says a flat tax could help the U.S. economy if special interests would allow it to have a chance.

Moody's warns California's revenue collections are falling short under Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown's new budget.

The White House doesn't support repeal of a new long term care insurance program in health reform. But the language of the health reform law curtailing this new program is another thing.

Look under the hood of bank earnings releases and you’ll see the banks are booking outsized paper gains in the third quarter from an accounting trick that’s legitimate under current rules.

How did Wall Street have a good idea that Morgan Stanley would post solid third-quarter earnings while Goldman Sachs would post its second quarterly loss since going public?

Analyst Mike Mayo issued a note claiming Bank of America had shut him out of its earnings conference call, but sources say Mayo didn't call the special line reserved for analysts.

Once again, Steve Wynn didn’t hold back as he discussed the state of the U.S. economy, the President’s handling of economic issues and the Occupy Wall Street protest movement on Wynn Resorts' third-quarter earnings call with analysts.

Banking analyst Mike Mayo is now privately conceding that a wrong number was dialed last week that made it impossible for him to participate in a BofA conference call for analysts. 

The Federal Financing Bank has been abused by federal agencies to finance pet projects.

Exclusive: Bank of America has launched a lobbying effort to defuse a PR firestorm over its decision to charge customers debit-card fees.

Fallout from the UBS rogue-trading scandal has prompted U.S. banks to launch probes of their compliance procedures that monitor trading activities.

Sources at Citigroup and Bank of America tell FOX Business that a potential $20 billion settlement could come as early as this week or next over improper mortgage practices and robosigning. A number of sticking points could still hang up the deal, these sources add.

Congressional leaders plan to hold hearings on one of the more controversial parts of the Dodd-Frank financial reform known as the Volcker Rule.

Here’s why people should be outraged at yet another Dept. of Energy guaranteed loan to a solar company. 

The Conference Board’s measure of chief executive confidence declined further in the third quarter.