Census takers who visit homes to collect census information are called enumerators. They are told to use any person who owns or rents the housing unit as the reference person and to list the ...

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- One of the most vexing questions in the Bernard Madoff scandal is, "How did he get away with it for so long?" A disturbing answer might be found in an unexpected place - the ...

(Fortune Magazine) -- In October 2003, as the computer world buzzed about what cool new gadget he would introduce next, Apple CEO Steve Jobs - then presiding over the most dramatic corporate ...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- After two weeks of contentious and often emotional debate, the federal government's far-reaching and historic plan to bail out the nation's financial system was signed ...

(Money Magazine) -- Even one year later, the speed with which America's financial system unraveled last September still boggles the mind. Within days the crisis had spread to the investment banks.

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Wall Street was a vastly different world Monday from what it looked like just days earlier, following one of the most harrowing days in the history of U.S. financial ...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- On the day of the first public discussion between lawmakers and the administration about the Treasury's $700 billion financial rescue proposal, the debate is being ...

How would I mop up this mess? I have no magic cures, but I can offer a few modest suggestions. Profit Sharing If we taxpayers are going to subsidize Wall Street, as we're now doing, the Fed - or ...

Just how big a deal is artificial intelligence? "AI is probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on. I think of it as something more profound than electricity or fire." That's a ...

Imagine having a great credit score and being denied for a mortgage just because you live in a low-income neighborhood. Redlining, the refusal by banks to lend to poor and minority communities ...

It's been ten years since the start of the Great Recession. That's an arbitrary anniversary, sure. But downturns need beginnings, and the National Bureau of Economic Research decided this one ...