The indices continued their range-bound trading today. The early strength gave way to selling mid-morning. I’m not sure whether to blame it on Obama’s economic press conference or technicals — the Nasdaq approaching its 50-day moving average and the indices hitting last week’...

Citigroup's support for a plan to let bankruptcy judges modify the terms of troubled mortgages and help borrowers avoid foreclosure left its banking industry counterparts on the defensive yesterday, insisting that the plan would do more harm than good....

There was an epic real estate bust, and it spurred a financial crisis so profound that it dragged down the entire U.S. economy. The Washington area felt it more than most, shedding jobs at more than twice the pace of the nation as a whole....