Broker Regulation

President Barack Obama faces a new urgent task now that he has a second term, working with a status-quo Congress to address an impending financial crisis that economists say could plunge the country into further recession if not resolved.

Preliminary results from a national exit poll in Tuesday's elections for The Associated Press and the television networks

With just hours left to go until Election Day is over, at least one vote is in: Small businesses choose Republican contender Mitt Romney.

Challenges at the polls, voter confusion and potential problems with provisional ballots in many key states are among the top Election Day concerns for voting rights groups and the presidential campaigns themselves.

Illinois officials are reviewing five bids to build the state's health insurance exchange a required component of the federal health care overhaul that Gov. Pat Quinn intends to implement regardless of who wins the presidency on Election Day.

Do you think you can be a good broker in the business and still vote for Obama (and hence, health reform), or do you think everyone in the biz will be voting for Romney to try to stop the law? Is voting for Obama dooming yourself and your job or...