Business_Finance
Latest Stories
20120711-204558-pic-917264781.jpg
Insuraty Bowie businessman Christopher Lawson served as the president and principal broker for Insuraty Inc., a company that has continued to make campaign contributions despite not being licensed to sell insurance since 2006.
20120711-184357-pic-651683376.jpg
Wendy Cross, who runs a food truck in Atlanta, lost about $300,000 after transferring it to a bank that is missing $17 million in investors' money. The bank's director has disappeared, leaving a suicide letter that says the money was lost in bad investments. (Associated Press)
20120711-182910-pic-778424952.jpg
A passer-by looks at the business hours of a check-cashing store in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. A bill in the House would exempt such outlets, as well as pawnshops and payday-lending places from oversight by a new federal consumer finance watchdog agency. (Associated Press)
20120711-182910-pic-327805208.jpg
Rep. Joe Baca says his proposal is meant to establish a "vibrant, safe and commercially viable market for underbanked and unbanked individuals to gain access to financial services and products." (Associated Press)
Bernanke Federal Rese_Live.jpg
**FILE** Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks June 20, 2012, during a news conference in Washington. (Associated Press)
20120710-212350-pic-994466550.jpg
D.C. Council member Tommy Wells (left) talks with acting Chairman Phil Mendelson. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
20120710-195759-pic-921077216.jpg
Ali Krieger (right) had hoped to be about 90 percent healthy by the end of June, but when the Olympic roster was set May 27, her chances of competing were over. (Associated Press)
B3Fast-and-FuriousMario-Gon.jpg
**FILE** Suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel hold Mario Gonzalez hostage before murdering him in October 2010.
