A credit default swap (CDS) is a contract that protects lenders from borrower default. Learn how a CDS works, why they’re ...

One of the bills is the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act, H.R. 634, which the House passed 411-12. This bill would exempt companies that use financial derivatives to hedge their ...

TORONTO -- The movement of credit-default and other forms of complex financial swaps into electronically managed and centrally cleared markets may be increasing rather than lowering risk, Michael ...

Coal economics have passed the cost crossover point with renewables – 179 gigawatts (GW) of coal plants in the United States were more expensive to operate than replacing them with new local solar or ...

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(Reuters) - As the long debate about toughening U.S. financial regulations comes to a head, Democrats are set to maintain an aggressive last-minute measure that would effectively ban banks from ...

There were many causes of the Financial Panic of 2008. Most early reports blamed the sub-prime mortgage market, a story that was particularly appealing to those who believe everything should be blamed ...

The cost of capital to conduct medical R&D is high because investors must be compensated with high returns to offset the risky and long drug development process. This cost of capital could be reduced, ...