Even as his campaign portrays him as a champion of the middle class and a crusader to keep Wall Street from melting down as it did three years ago, President Barack Obama was set to leave New York Monday with a sizable haul of cash from industries whose excesses he decries from the stump.
Looks like Twitter isn't the only company with a fail whale.
Hundreds of protestors took to the streets of Manhattan's financial distric Egyptians did it for democracy. So did people in Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria. Now, activist groups are hoping Americans will launch their own uprising -- in the form of thousands of protesters descending on Wall Street this weekend.
Christine Romans looks at how Facebook is gearing up for an IPO despite slowing growth.
As Wall Street makes final preparations for the largest technology debut by value in history, it has also faced what some bankers and investors have come to see as a series of snubs from Facebook.
In the spirit of spring rebirth, the Occupy movement is ramping up activities as warm weather blankets the country. But while the season is typified by a reawakening of life outdoors, demonstrators are using sleep to get their points across. They call it "sleepful protest."
Trading volume is anemic. Bonuses are down. Investment banking activity is sluggish. But instead of singing a requiem for Wall Street, investors are treating the big banks like they are rock stars.
Lower profits and layoffs resulted in Wall Street bonuses falling by nearly $3 billion last year to their lowest level since the 2008 financial crisis.
Gas prices approaching $4 a gallon on average are causing severe economic pain for millions of Americans. Pump prices spiked 5% in the past month alone. Crude oil prices stood at $108 on Friday, up from only double digits at the beginning of the month.
Wall Street is pushing to stop a new rule that would crack down on speculation in the energy markets, which many blame for contributing to the spike in gas prices.
The 2012 surge in the stock market hasn't been positive for everyone on Wall Street: Hundreds of small brokerage firms on death watch.
Financial industry spending to influence Washington topped $150 million for the second year in a row, with emphasis shifting to regulators of the Dodd-Frank reform law, according to watchdog groups.
The chief executive of JPMorgan says he can understand some of the grievances of the Occupy movement, describing some of Wall Street's actions as "a total disgrace."
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Mike Mayo would be a strange sight in a drum circle. He's worked at top investment houses including UBS, Deutsche Bank and now Crédit Agricole Securities. The 48-year-old banking analyst looks the classic Wall Street part: starched white shirt, short-cropped hair, athletic frame.
Most people on Wall Street will be getting smaller bonus checks for 2011 -- except for the elite bankers.
Protester Tracy Postert is occupying a new space on Wall Street.
The occupiers of Wall Street have been portrayed by some as radicals, young kids without focus, ne'er-do-wells who'd do anything but get a job. But one woman used her time in at Zuccotti Park differently, and as a result she has gone from Occupy Wall Street to occupying an actual office on Wall Street.
Occupy Wall Street and other housing activists are heading to neighborhoods hit hard by foreclosure Tuesday to protest the mistreatment of homeowners by mortgage lenders.
A few days before he graduated, one of my students asked me how does one keep up with public affairs (as I was advocating) when you have a demanding full-time job, a cute but fussy baby, an elderly parent who needs attending and something of a social life? I suggested that he listen to NPR, watch CNN -- and once in a while choose a particular story to follow. For example, the report of what happens when major American corporations break the law.
Finance professionals' pay is set to drop this year to the lowest levels since 2008, the peak of the global economic crisis, according to a report released Tuesday.
As protesters find new ways to "Occupy Wall Street", major financial firms have been busy handing out pink slips this week.
Brandon Ferraro filmó este video en las calles de Manhattan durante las manifestaciones de los "indignados".
All of the post-mortems on the CNBC Republican debate have focused on the sad, but hilarious, senior moment Gov. Rick Perry suffered when he couldn't remember the third federal agency he wants to eliminate.
Last night, police raided and evicted protesters from the Occupy Wall Street site. This comes on the heels of recent police crackdowns on Occupy encampments all across the country. But if you think that's the end of the 99% movement, guess again. It's still just getting started.
Will MF Global's 1600 employees find gainful employment? Probably not anytime soon.
Occupy Wall Street organizers are planning a Veterans Day rally and concert featuring folksinger Joan Baez in New York City on Friday, as the movement marks its 56th day.
Occupy this, Wall Street: Corporate bonuses are expected to plunge as much as 30% this year compared to 2010, according to a closely watched report released by Johnson Associates on Tuesday.
Ever since disgruntled Americans declared themselves the 99% and occupied Wall Street, their protests have been compared to those in the squares of the Middle East and North Africa -- especially Cairo's Tahrir Square ? where pro-democracy demonstrations challenged decades of tyrannical power. The movements in New York and Cairo share some characteristics, but direct comparisons between them discredit Arabs' tremendous struggles and sacrifices and squeeze the Occupy movement into a framework that does not fit.
Even anarchic movements like to have some legal protections: Occupy Wall Street's organizers have applied to trademark their movement's name.
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators face a new challenge. They're trying to stay warm and dry as snow falls in New York.
In response to residents' repeated complaints about noise, Wall Street protesters in New York have agreed to limit drumming to just four hours a day.
Occupy Wall Street protesters are strategizing and organizing to push their cause forward next week.
Occupy protesters are receiving piles of blankets and food from all over the country.
Pressure is mounting on Republicans to address spreading public protests against Wall Street. How they answer could shape the political landscape from here to the November elections.
Despite political criticism and ongoing arrests, Occupy Wall Street rode a wave of global momentum into its second month Tuesday, showing no sign of losing steam.
One month in, it shows no sign of losing steam.
CNN's Erin Mclaughlin reports from the Occupy London protests, protests that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was allowed to attend.
Without clearly-defined goals, can the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement have a political impact? Chrystia Freeland, David Gergen and Stephen Moore discuss with Ali Velshi.
Protesters will resist any efforts to remove them from the Lower Manhattan park where they have been camped for nearly a month, despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg's order that they vacate the park at 7 a.m. Friday so it can be cleaned, an organizer said Thursday.
A lot of lip service has been paid to the idea that Occupy Wall Street lacks focus. The critics ask: What's the goal of these protests? Everyone wants something different.
Occupy Wall Street is on the move ... uptown.
The New York state comptroller expects Wall Street to lose 10,000 jobs by the end of 2012.
The protesters occupying Wall Street have a whole set of hand signals. CNN's Jeanne Moos tries to decipher them.
The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators will leave the confines of Lower Manhattan Tuesday and head uptown, organizers said.
"An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment." -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, New York Times Co. vs. Sullivan, 1964
Rep. Charles Rangel shares what he knows from talking to the Occupy Wall Street protesters.
Wall Street should have seen it coming. After all, market forces were at work.
Carol Costello asks "Could Occupy Wall Street be the dawn of a liberal Tea Party?"
Wall Street protests swelled Wednesday to their largest numbers yet, after local unions pledged support to a third week of demonstrations against income inequality, corporate greed, corruption and a list of other social ills.
Several hundred union and other progressive activists sought to capitalize on the growing "Occupy Wall Street" protests Wednesday, holding a rally on Capitol Hill to demand new public spending on job creation and an end to federal budget cuts.
Like the spokesmen for Arab dictators feigning bewilderment over protesters' demands, mainstream television news reporters finally training their attention on the growing Occupy Wall Street protest movement seem determined to cast it as the random, silly blather of an ungrateful and lazy generation of weirdos. They couldn't be more wrong and, as time will tell, may eventually be forced to accept the inevitability of their own obsolescence.
Stephan Paternot, founder and general partner of the Actarus Funds, was co-founder and co-CEO of theglobe.com. He authored "A Very Public Offering," which chronicled his experience creating the Internet's first social networking site.
Seattle, Boston, Los Angeles all saw protests over the weekend. But what exactly do they want? Patricia Wu reports.
A spirited and leaderless protest in the Wall Street section of New York has entered its third week, helping to inspire a growing number of demonstrations united in their passion if not necessarily their reasons for hitting the streets.
Despite growing media attention, the Wall Street protests haven't sparked any changes. CNN's Alison Kosik reports.
Police arrested hundreds of protesters who occupied an iconic New York bridge during demonstrations against the nation's financial system, before releasing the demonstrators with tickets.
Police arrested hundreds of protesters who occupied an iconic New York bridge during demonstrations against the nation's financial system, before releasing the demonstrators with tickets.
Protests about problems with Wall Street draw star power but no one can agree on a solution. CNN's Alison Kosik reports.
Lower Manhattan was abuzz with rumors that British rock band Radiohead would kick off an impromptu concert for an enthusiastic crowd Friday in New York's Zuccotti Park, where Wall Street protestors gathered for a second straight week.
Protests to draw attention to the power of Wall Street firms in the United States and world economies will continue for a 14th straight day Friday in New York City.
Protests to draw attention to the power of Wall Street firms in the United States and world economies will continue for an 11th straight day in lower Manhattan Tuesday.
About 80 people were arrested on the eighth day of protests in New York on Saturday, the greatest number since demonstrations started near Wall Street.
Inspired by the 'Arab Spring' protests, hundreds have decended on Wall Street to say big banks have too much power.
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Manhattan's financial district on Saturday in a largely peaceful protest aimed at drawing attention to the role powerful financial interests played in wreaking havoc on America's economy.
It worked in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Now, taking their cue from social-media fueled uprisings in places like Egypt and Iran, a band of online activists hopes it will work on Wall Street.
Wall Street should brace for an autumn of upward revisions among the big banks. Not for profits or revenue, but in the number of layoffs to come.
Given the wrenching market volatility in recent weeks, the idea of shielding your portfolio from a big decline while still being able to profit from future gains sounds mighty appealing. That's the promise of the so-called structured note, a product that's been popular with institutional investors for years. Now Wall Street is aggressively marketing these notes to individual investors. And retail sales of structured notes are booming: They increased by 46% in 2010 to a record $49.4 billion, according to Bloomberg, and are on track to be up again sharply in 2011.
"Let's hope we are all wealthy and retired by the time this house of cards falters."
U.S. stocks moved solidly higher Monday, with major indexes rising about 2%, as merger activity set a positive tone on Wall Street.
The computers have taken over Wall Street, and they're taking investors on a wild ride.
Down 500. Down 630. Up 420. Down 300.
Stock markets in Asia and Europe recorded sharp declines Friday, extending a global equity sell-off after Wall Street had its worst day since the 2008 financial crisis.
MetroPCS Communications suffered a dramatic stock plunge on Tuesday after the wireless provider issued an earnings report that fell short of expectations.
A year after Congress enacted the most sweeping changes in financial regulation since the 1930s, Wall Street is still waiting for the full impact.
Investors have taken the old Wall Street adage of "Sell in May, then go away" to heart this year, and the stock market's slump is likely to persist during the last week of the month.
The New York Attorney General has broadened an investigation into banks that sold mortgages to investors, zeroing in on seven banks and four bond insurers, according to a source familiar with the matter.
A dismal jobs report defied Wall Street's expectations Friday. But considering the beating consumers have taken recently, why was anyone surprised?
New York's attorney general is investigating three Wall Street banks for their roles in the mortgage crisis that led to the downfall of the economy, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Wall Street will have a busy five days to look forward to this week, with investors getting several closely watched economic reports while also digesting dozens of corporate earnings results.
Wall Street is watching Washington's debt ceiling debate with great interest. But it's keeping its powder dry as far as lobbying is concerned, for fear of getting entangled in the potentially ugly fight over budget cuts.
After a rocky start, earnings get into high gear this week.
The Federal Reserve Board will release data on emergency loans made to Wall Street banks and others during the height of the financial crisis, after the Supreme Court refused Monday to side with banks who want the details kept secret.
Wall Street workers may be feeling a little leaner since cash bonuses fell nearly 8% last year, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
If going on a diet was your New Year's resolution this year, Wall Street is betting that you'll succeed.
The federal budget is here. Because nothing is more romantic than sifting through a 216-page PDF full of numbers on Valentine's Day!
A possible al Qaeda threat against Wall Street banks prompted counter-terrorism officials to meet with security personnel at several financial institutions, a source told CNN Tuesday.
As many Americans were spending Christmas night with their families, Olek, a New York based artist was near Wall Street, freezing her fingers to the bone while outfitting the famous "Charging Bull" into a giant knitted cozy.
The Federal Reserve made $9 trillion in overnight loans to major banks and Wall Street firms during the financial crisis, according to newly revealed data released Wednesday.
Phil Angelides says he just doesn't get how Wall Street executives say they never saw the financial crisis coming.
Democrats staring down steep midterm election losses got a fresh reminder of a worrisome trend this week when the Center for Responsive Politics reported that Wall Street donors, once a reliable ATM for the party, have stepped up their increasingly strong support for Republicans.
That was fast, even by Wall Street standards. Just a year after joining JPMorgan Chase from Merrill Lynch, star coal trader (yes, there is such a thing!) Chan Bhima is exiting the House of Dimon in disgrace. The man reportedly lost $130 million on a wrong-way bet on European coal prices in the second quarter.
The financial industry has spent $251 million on lobbying so far this year as lawmakers hammered out new rules of the road for Wall Street, according to the latest lobbying reports compiled by a watchdog group.
One of Wall Street reform's littlest known provisions is getting big attention for giving a government agency a possible loophole for avoiding journalists' requests for information.
As soon as President Obama's name showed up on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law Wednesday, the way the financial industry does business changed.
President Obama will sign into law Wednesday the Wall Street reform bill -- the most-sweeping set of changes to America's financial regulatory system since the 1930s.
After more than a year of work, the most sweeping reform of Wall Street reform since the New Deal is on the verge of becoming law.
While bailed-out Wall Street is back on its feet and making profits, Main Street banks have gotten little to no boost from taxpayer bailouts, a watchdog panel said Wednesday.
Congress is expected to finally pass the massive Wall Street reform bill later this week. And the lobbyists have already moved on to their next line of attack: The regulators who will issue the hundreds of new rules called for in the legislation.
Two key Republican senators announced their support for the Wall Street reform bill Monday, placing Senate Democrats days away from winning the final vote to passing the most sweeping set of changes to the financial system in decades.
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