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• Judge Erases Couple's $525,000 Mortgage Payment Wednesday, 25 Nov 2009 | 11:03 AM ET

  

  A Suffolk judge cancelled $525,000 in mortgage payments being demanded by California bank OneWest and its IndyMac mortgage division, criticizing its "harsh, repugnant, shocking and repulsive" behavior, the New York Post reported Wednesday.

• Ron Paul's Plan to Audit Fed a 'Serious Attack': Mishkin Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009 | 11:07 AM ET

  

  A congressional plan to audit the Federal Reserve's decision-making process poses a serious threat to the economy, former Fed governor Frederic Mishkin said.

• Madoff Trustee, Law Firm Submit $22.1 Million Bill Monday, 23 Nov 2009 | 12:49 PM ET

  

  Bernard Madoff's bankruptcy trustee and the law firm employing him submitted a $22.1 million legal bill covering five months of work.  Baker & Hostetler LLP is seeking $21.28 million of fees as counsel to court-appointed trustee Irving Picard for the five months ended Sept.

• Senate Democrats Move Forward On Crucial Health Vote Friday, 20 Nov 2009 | 4:00 PM ET

  

  With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue.

• Twenty-Six People Charged in $50 Million FCC Scam Thursday, 19 Nov 2009 | 4:56 PM ET

  Twenty-six people were charged today with engaging in a scheme to steal more than $50 million from the Federal Communications Commission's Video Relay Service (VRS) program.

• Lawmakers Seek Fed Audit for Mishandling AIG Bailout Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | 1:40 PM ET

  

  A group of House Democrats are stepping up demands for greater transparency from the Federal Reserve after reports that the Fed mishandled the bailout of insurance giant American International Group.

• Risky Banks Would Get Broken Up In Kanjorski Plan Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | 8:54 AM ET

  

  Government regulators will break up institutions whose failure would bring down the entire financial system, under an amendment Rep. Paul Kanjorski will introduce today.

• Democrats, Republicans at Odds Over BofA, Merrill Deal Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 | 2:56 PM ET

  

  A senior House Democrat says the government didn't force Bank of America to take over Merrill Lynch, but a bank board member said much pressure was applied and Republicans charged that a committee inquiry was covering up the role of an Obama administration official.

• Afghanistan, Iraq Among the World's Most Corrupt Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 | 9:44 AM ET

  

  Afghanistan and Iraq, countries that receive billions of dollars a year in international support, are among the world's most corrupt nations, a watchdog group said in a report released Tuesday.

• Financial Fraud Task Force to Be Announced Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 | 4:54 AM ET

  The Treasury Department, Justice Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Securities and Exchange Commission plan to form a taskforce to devote more resources to discovering and punishing those who commit financial fraud, NBC News has learned.

• Law Seeks to Ban Misuse of Genetic Testing Monday, 16 Nov 2009 | 11:12 AM ET

  

  The most important new antidiscrimination law in two decades — the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act — will take effect in the nation’s workplaces next weekend, prohibiting employers from requesting genetic testing or considering someone’s genetic background in hiring, firing or promotions. The New York Times explaines the ramifications.

• Madoff Boat Auction Monday, 16 Nov 2009 | 10:28 AM ET

  

  Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff loved the high seas. All his boats were sold at auction by National Liquidators on behalf of the U.S. Marshal's Service. Click to see the images.

• Pfizer to Leave City That Won Major Land-Use Case Friday, 13 Nov 2009 | 12:11 PM ET

  

  Pfizer said it would pull 1,400 jobs out of New London within two years and move most of them a few miles away to a campus it owns in Groton, Conn., as a cost-cutting measure. It would leave behind the city’s biggest office complex and an adjacent swath of barren land that was cleared of dozens of homes to make room for a hotel, stores and condominiums that were never built.

• A Lack of Rigor Costs MBIA Friday, 13 Nov 2009 | 11:36 AM ET

  

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• Google, Book Publishers to Reveal New Settlement Friday, 13 Nov 2009 | 11:03 AM ET

  

  Google and book publishers are expected to show a federal judge in New York a new settlement in the copyright lawsuit over Google's book-scanning project.

• Key 9/11 Suspect to Be Tried in New York Friday, 13 Nov 2009 | 8:33 AM ET

  

  Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and four other men accused in the plot will be prosecuted in federal court in New York City, a federal law enforcement official said early on Friday.

• Swiss Privacy Watchdog to Sue Google Street View Friday, 13 Nov 2009 | 8:10 AM ET

  

  Switzerland's privacy watchdog is taking legal action to force Google to make changes to its Street View service.

• Intel Agrees to Pay AMD $1.25 Billion to Settle Disputes Thursday, 12 Nov 2009 | 9:20 AM ET

  

  Intel has agreed to pay Advanced Micro Devices $1.25 billion to settle a longstanding dispute between the two companies.

• Dodd: Financial Reform Bill Is Open for 'Discussion' Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 | 11:37 AM ET

  Sen. Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, told CNBC Wednesday that his version of the financial reform bill is a "discussion draft," and there is still room for debate over whether to create a single federal regulator, as well as whether to make an independent consumer protection agency.

• Three Things the US Can Do To Stop the Dollar's Decline Tuesday, 10 Nov 2009 | 3:10 PM ET

  

  Treasury secretaries have made "a strong dollar policy" the key part of their rhetoric, but the currency has lost nearly a fifth of its value.