The financial crisis that crippled the economy could happen again, Phil Angelides, chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) told CNBC Thursday.
New risk retention standards could restrict the availability of credit and hurt the economy if not carefully written, according to a report released on Tuesday by a new council of US regulators.
Austerity measures put in place by peripheral euro zone countries will eventually bear fruit, but going forward bond investors will have to start getting used to taking losses on their principal, Erik Nielsen, the Chief European Economist at Goldman Sachs, told CNBC Friday.
Credit cards are about to undergo some “plastic surgery,” and the operation is being performed by Dynamics, maker of next-generation interactive payment cards.
It sounds like a can't-lose proposition: Sign up for a rewards credit card, then charge all of your monthly expenses to rack up the points. All you need to do is just make sure you pay off the card when the bill comes due, and you'll soon be cashing in those points for travel, products, even money back. What could go wrong?
The world's second-wealthiest man explains to CNBC why workers in Europe and other parts of the developed world are at the "best" part of their career after they reach their 60s.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 10:00 AM ETViolent protests broke out in eight Brazilian cities last night, with the worst violence occurring in Rio de Janeiro. Thousands of protesters threw Molotov cocktails and anything else they could find. The protests began over a 10-cent increase in bus and subway fares.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 11:05 AM ETFBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce describes how NSA surveillance helped to detect and thwart a plot to bomb the NYSE.