Daniel Gross

The Washington Post Company chairman explains the decision to put NEWSWEEK up for sale.

Having waged a battle against financial mayhem for the last two years, the Federal Reserve is tentatively declaring victory. As it guaranteed debt and swapped cash for all sorts of assets, the Fed's balance sheet grew—from about $850 billion in assets before the crisis to about $2.3 trillion this spring.

How the firm has endangered its most valuable intangible asset.

As part of financial-regulation reform, congress is pushing for derivatives—the complex financial instruments behind many of the recent debacles—to be traded on centralized exchanges, where data and activity could more readily be seen by investors.

A brief history of alarmist—and wrong—Wall Street predictions about the effect of new regulations.

With a huff and a puff, mother nature grounded the global economy—and pointed up the need to fix our fragile system.

Finally, someone put the drama on Wall Street to good use—and it's not CNBC.

Politically it may be parochial, but economically it's a global player.

The SEC's lawsuit shows how Goldman Sachs put its own interests ahead of its customers'.

His move to TBS is brilliant—and not just because he'll make a fortune.

How America pulled itself back from the brink—and why it's destined to stay on top.

How Colombia's most famous coffee picker is challenging Starbucks.

The Colombian office of an Indian consulting firm staffed partly with Uruguayans and reporting to a boss in Argentina; Now that's globalization

Why the former Massachusetts governor should run health care reform.

How growth could change the midterms.

Bankers have to be stopped from ruining the American economy again, but will they be?

Why the return of a cash economy is good for consumers and businesses alike.

One of the strangest, and yet most predictable, comments about the passage of health care came from former House speaker Newt Gingrich. Gingrich told The Washington Post that Obama, by pushing for health care, "will have destroyed their party much as Lyndon Johnson shattered the Democratic Party for 40 years" by pushing through Great Society programs.

Why political futures markets got the health care bill so wrong.

An overly aggressive banker, fishy accounting, and Wall Street wrongdoing—those are the elements featured in 'Union Atlantic,' a new novel by Adam Haslett.

Why America's second-wealthiest man is sporting a wig, tattoos, and a bandana in a new television commercial.

Why does anyone buy insurance policies that pay off only if the U.S. goes bankrupt?

The bogus Republican claim that Obamacare is a government takeover of one-sixth of the economy.

AIG might just pay the Fed back.

Some people have ideas about how to change things in Washington. And some people like to give the appearance of having ideas about how to change things in Washington.

Why the economic model predicting Olympic medal counts drastically underestimated the U.S. haul.

How one ski resort cleaned up its act.

As Toyota and Hummer have learned, growing too fast can be a dangerous thing.

Can a company's profit motive really align with the public interest? Historically, yes.

After three hundred and sixty-five days and $787 billion, the economy is picking up. Kind of.