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A top White House aide lashed out on Sunday at Wall Street firms that are handing out huge bonuses while the rest of the economy struggles and small business es cannot create jobs because of a lack of credit says Reuters. Highlighting a...

Despite the outcry from the public and congress over compensation, pay on Wall Street is expected to break a record high for the second year in a row, according to the Wall Street Journal. The paper surveyed 35 of Wall Street's top publicly...

 With Wall Street continuing to recover, so are the prospects for this year's bonus season. As early as June, experts were speculating that incentive payments for U.S. banks and securities firms could rebound sharply given the resurgence...

The Wall Street Journal said Saturday that it expects to become the largest US newspaper by weekday circulation when the latest figures are released, leapfrogging USA Today says AFP. According to Editor and Publisher magazine, Audit Bureau of...

So much for conserving cash. After firing staff by the thousands during the global financial crisis, big Wall Street banks are jump-starting hiring in response to a resurgence in bond issuance and trading, according to Reuters. The crisis hit...

 President Barack Obama stepped up his campaign against Wall Street on Thursday with a far-reaching proposal for tougher regulation of the biggest banks. 

The House passed the most ambitious restructuring of federal financial regulations since the New Deal on Friday, aiming to head off any replay of last year's Wall Street failures that plunged the nation deep into recession says AP. The...

  Wall Street went on a bit of a hiring spree in December, adding 1,000 securities and commodities workers, a state labor market analyst said on Thursday. It was the biggest increase in jobs since May, when the companies hired 1,100...