Business columns: The death of the briefcase

feature How will raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour affect the economy?

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature There’s a growing realization that we need to end the taxpayer guarantees that Dodd-Frank left in place.

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature This is a “winter of discontent” for daily deal companies Groupon and LivingSocial.

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature America’s top business leaders sent Congress an open letter urging immediate action on the $16 trillion national debt.

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature High-frequency trading now accounts for as much as 70 percent of market volume.

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature A New York state financial regulator accused a London-based bank of laundering $250 billion for Iran.

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature Sanford Weill, the architect of the modern megabank, now favors the end of too-big-to-fail banks.

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature The interest rate scandal is just beginning and may soon engulf at least a dozen other major banks.

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15