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Every year presents its share of really bad ideas when it comes to helping Americans save for retirement, but this one takes the prize as top turkey.

The U.S. stock markets top regulator is being examined over trading by its own employees.

How could its deficit projections change so dramatically for the worse in such a short time, in a year that saw continued recovery in the economy and ongoing gains in equity markets?

The PBGC plans to require sponsors next year to report certain undertakings to cash out or annuitize benefits" for former employees.

HSBC Holdings Plc will pay $12.5 million to settle claims that its Swiss private-banking unit solicited U.S. investors without being properly registered.

Lawmakers are discussing a package that could increase the U.S. budget deficit by more than $400 billion over a decade.