Amex’s decision to reclassify itself, plus job hunt tips for out-of-work Wall Streeters.

The taxpayer bailout of AIG is growing. Over the weekend, the Fed and the Treasury brokered an additional $40 billion for the mega-insurer, bringing the total rescue package to $150 billion.

And now a local lesson in why AIG was considered too big to fail, and why the rescue may have ...

New Jersey auto dealers feel stranded as credit and consumer confidence both dry up.

What president-elect Obama can do to re-set America’s financial system.

Blogger Jeff Jarvis on newspaper and magazine layoffs, and what media can do to save itself.

From Buffalo to Long Island, state businesses are suffering from a nosedive in consumer confidence.

As donations dry up, museums are dusting off their permanent collections.

How credit cards are using sophisticated data analysis to tighten up consumer lending.

Financial historian Richard Sylla on what the response to the Panic of 1907 may tell us about the mess we’re in today.

Financial historian Richard Sylla explains how today’s financial crisis is a lot like the Panic of 1907 – and how the Panic influenced the 1908 presidential election.

The Citizens Budget Commission’s Carol Kellermann says Michael Bloomberg’s reputation for budget mastery is deserved –- but he could have done more to tame spending.

Momentum is building for a rescue plan for homeowners in trouble. But what would be the best way to help?

Why delisting from stock exchanges is threatening household-name chains.

After Lehman went under, investors were owed billions in insurance on bonds. The deadline to settle those accounts was today.

Despite the recent meltdown, big financial institutions continue to lobby for less oversight and regulation.

We hear how a Brooklyn contractor sees the financial crisis.

New York State sits atop huge reserves of natural gas, and energy companies want to start drilling as soon as possible. Yesterday supporters and opponents of drilling testified in Albany. WNYC's Ilya Marritz was there.

It's not every day that the legislature holds a hearing, and the representatives of big energy ...

As New York City and the MTA postpone issuing millions of dollars of new bonds, we look at how the once stable bond marketplace has been affected by swings in global markets.

Why you need one of Michael Bloomberg’s boxes to follow the market for credit default swaps. Also: as the Dow shatters 9,300, we explore the other indices that matter: the Libor and the TED spread.

Lisa Chow explains the asset manager BlackRock, the most important New York company you’ve never heard of.