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The stock market is seen Feb. 1, 2012, on a video view finder in Frankfurt, Germany, after the EU Commission announced not to allow a merger of Deutsche Boerse with the NYSE. (Associated Press)
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One World Trade Center, now 90 stories high and on its way to being the nation's tallest building, stands above the New York skyline, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is aiming for a completion date in the fall of 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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"This isn't about economic policy; this is about payback to political donors and corporate CEOs. It has nothing to do with job growth because it doesn't create jobs whatsoever." - Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President
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Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (left), shakes hands with Sen. Tim Johnson, South Dakota Democrat and chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, after a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The committee held the hearing to review the first semiannual report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The Washington Capitals have many encounters with Southeast Division foes in the closing months of the season. (AP photo)
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** FILE ** Former Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Fred Goodwin, pictured in 2007, has been stripped of his knighthood by the British government. (AP Photo /Danny Lawson, File)
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A real estate sign is displayed on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in front of a home in Little Rock, Ark. (Associated Press)
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Steve Schlegel, owner of Schlegel Bicycles, works on a bicycle in the shop's pro shop in Oklahoma City on Thursday. In Oklahoma, Republican Gov. Mary Fallin says gradually cutting the top income-tax rate of 5.25 percent will make the state more attractive to businesses, help spur economic growth and ensure Oklahoma is competitive against neighboring states such as Texas. (Associated Press)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron is against a new European Union treaty designed to stop overspending. Of the 27 EU nations, Britain and the Czech Republic were the only two that did not agree Monday to sign the accord. (Associated Press)
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A customer leaves a Pep Boys auto-parts store in Hayward, Calif. The Pep Boys chain was founded more than 90 years ago. It has agreed to be taken private by the investment firm the Gores Group for about $791 million. (Associated Press)
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As D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray announces the results of the city's 2011 audit during a press conference at the Wilson Building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, left, and Natwar M. Gandhi, chief financial officer of the District, sit behind a chart showing the history of the District's surplus and bond rating. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A customer leaves a Pep Boys auto parts store in Hayward, Calif., on Jan. 30, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Courtesy of Topps, here's the image that will appear on Michael Morse's trading card for the 2012 season.
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Jack Evans, chair of the D.C. Council Committee on Finance and Revenue, listens to tesitmony during a public oversight hearing Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 on the matter of i-Gaming. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gestures as he campaigns at The PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Vincent Van Gogh dolls with removable ears are for sale in the gift shop for the Van Gogh Close Up exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 in Philadelphia. The exhibit opens February 1st. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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** FILE ** Vice President Joe Biden talks to workers of a Rochester company that has partnered with a local college, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Ali Vanderzanden, with Equality Maine, hugs a friend before a Thursday news conference at the Statehouse in Augusta, Maine, at which a bid to legalize gay marriage in Maine was launched. (Associated Press)
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Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi told the D.C. Council on Thursday that no laws were broken during the process to receive bids on a gaming contract with the city. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied Thursday that an embargo on Iranian oil and sanctions against the central bank would affect his country's economy, but he also said he is open to nuclear-program talks with the West. (Associated Press)
