Democrats are facing the possibility that two of their most outspoken lawmakers will be on trial for ethics violations this fall after California Rep. Maxine Waters failed to reach an agreement to settle allegations against her.  Read More →

Pakistan’s prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is under pressure to at least delay his trip to the UK following David Cameron’s comments Read More →

Obama adviser Romer said that there is room for the government to do more to promote economic growth and jobs, and noted a higher savings rate that indicates much of the necessary consumer retrenchment may be past. Read More →

High level security official cancels visit to UK after Cameron’s comments accusing Pakistan of continuing to sponsor Islamic militants Read More →

A Wall Street Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on American consumers. First in a series. Read More →

The largest U.S. websites are installing new and intrusive consumer-tracking technologies on the computers of people visiting their sites—in some cases, more than 100 tracking tools at a time—a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. Read More →

The Dow industrials overcame an early 120-point decline to finish down by just one point on the day, but for the month of July the index rose 691.92 points or 7.1%. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were up 6.9% for the month. Read More →

What happened to your money this week. Read More →

U.S. economic growth slowed in the second quarter to a 2.4% annual rate. Business investment was strong, but imports were a big drag and consumers contributed less. Read More →

After lagging behind bond performance this year, stocks appear historically cheap compared to bonds, offering investors reason to favor stocks, particularly if they are optimistic about the economic outlook.  Read More →