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Whether the International Monetary Fund is up to the task of policing its members and exerting influence on the most powerful ones remains far from clear.

With the financial crisis, Jamie Dimon, the head of JPMorgan Chase, has become more politically engaged and in the process, the most credible voice of a discredited industry.

If anyone could make or break President Barack Obama's health care agenda, it might be Karen Ignagni.

Democrats will hold sway on a new independent commission to investigate the cause of the financial meltdown and chart the nation's path ahead, with the majority party picking six members and Republicans four.

China’s loans to Latin America are locking in access to natural resources and filling a vacuum of influence that grew during the Bush administration.