Mortgage help: 170,000 get permanent aid

More than 170,000 troubled homeowners are breathing a lasting sigh of relief now that they've received permanent modifications under the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention program.

$642 million to clean up Lehman -- and counting

Unraveling the biggest-ever U.S. bankruptcy case isn't cheap.

Good news for stocks is good for the $

The dollar has gotten stronger this year. Is that because the U.S. economy appears to be improving -- or in spite of it?

Yellen in line for Fed No. 2

San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen is a leading contender to be the next vice chairman of the central bank, according to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.