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For the past 20 years or so, as a business columnist for The New York Times, I've had a front-row seat for bull and bear markets, scandals, crises and management [...]

Byline: GRETCHEN MORGENSON For the past 20 years or so, as a business columnist for The New York Times, I've had a front-row seat for bull and bear markets, scandals, [...]

New York's attorney general has subpoenaed TIAA, the giant insurance company and investment firm, seeking documents and information relating to its sales practices, according to people briefed on the inquiry. [...]

It's distressingly common for directors of public companies to skate away from liability when corporate misconduct occurs on their watch. That's why a recent ruling by a federal judge hearing [...]

In January, prosecutors concluded one of the last multibillion-dollar settlements related to the 2008 mortgage collapse. The deal, with Credit Suisse, required the bank to pay $2.48 billion to settle [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDIn the treacherous world of finance, where investors confront biased advice, hidden costs and onerous fees, one investment giant seems to stand apart -- the Teachers Insurance and Annuity [...]

A federal regulator criticized Wells Fargo for engaging in unfair and deceptive practices and failing to manage risks, and said it had not set aside enough money to pay back [...]

Like it or not, when you apply for a home mortgage or to refinance an existing loan, Equifax will be a part of the process. That's because, of the three [...]

Institutional investors have been flexing their muscles on corporate governance issues this year. So why do individual investors continue to be so disengaged on these matters? A recent analysis of [...]

A corrosive custom forced on investors is finally getting the ax under new regulations in Europe. Too bad some on Wall Street are working overtime to ensure that United States [...]

Byline: GRETCHEN MORGENSON A corrosive custom forced on investors is finally getting the ax under new regulations in Europe. Too bad some on Wall Street are working overtime to ensure [...]

At first glance, the hacking disclosed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday didn't seem too much of a concern to investors. The intrusion, after all, appeared to be [...]

The stunning data breach recently disclosed by Equifax, one of the nation's top three credit reporting agencies, has imperiled millions of consumers, opening them up to identity theft, monetary losses [...]

Seismic accounting scandals like the ones that sank Enron and WorldCom in the early 2000s have, happily, been scarce in recent years. But they may well resurface if elements of [...]

Did Wells Fargo mislead the United States Congress during hearings last fall when it characterized its widespread opening of unauthorized bank accounts as a one-off problem in an otherwise clean [...]

''If we have to close down our government, we're building that wall.'' So proclaimed President Trump at a rally in Arizona on Tuesday, raising the specter of a federal government [...]

Byline: GRETCHEN MORGENSON 'If we have to close down our government, we're building that wall.' So proclaimed President Trump at a rally in Arizona on Tuesday, raising the specter of [...]

Wells Fargo has promised to make amends to the customers it forced to buy car insurance that they didn't need. Allan Dunlap, a former Wells Fargo borrower who spent months [...]

Amid reports Thursday that Stephen Sanger, chairman of the Wells Fargo board, may step down in the coming months, all eyes are on the bank's directors and their oversight of [...]

Investors liked what they saw in PayPal's second-quarter financial results, reported by the digital and mobile payments giant on July 26. Revenues grew to $3.14 billion in the quarter that [...]

More than 800,000 people who took out car loans from Wells Fargo were charged for auto insurance they did not need, and some of them are still paying for it, [...]

In August 2012, the federal government abruptly changed the terms of the bailout provided to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants that had been devastated by the [...]

The immense pay packages bestowed on corporate chieftains are often said to reflect feats of management that enrich company shareholders. An executive's masterly performance justifies the compensation, in other words. [...]

Under fire for skyrocketing drug prices, pharmaceutical companies often offer this response: The high costs of their products are justified because the proceeds generate money for crucial research on new [...]

Byline: GRETCHEN MORGENSON Under fire for skyrocketing drug prices, pharmaceutical companies often offer this response: The high costs of their products are justified because the proceeds generate money for crucial [...]

When Warren Buffett acts, investors notice. And after he took a roughly $300 million position last month in Home Capital Group, a troubled Canadian mortgage underwriter, some investors saw it [...]