Victims and witnesses came forward to describe the Fort Hood shootings, as authorities gathered information about alleged assailant Nidal Malik Hasan.

The rampage is forcing officials to confront difficult questions about the military's growing Muslim population.

The widening probe of insider trading on Wall Street is expected to examine transactions at Steven A. Cohen's SAC, one of America's largest and most successful hedge funds.

California's state controller and treasurer are drafting legislation that could curb pay for financial middlemen, whose fees have sparked an internal investigation at giant public pension fund Calpers.

AIG posted its second profitable quarter in a row, but weak results at its main insurance businesses underscored the scale of the challenges the giant insurer still faces.

Defense lawyers made their final arguments in the trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers.

State Street added $250 million to its legal reserve to address legal exposure related to losses by investors in some strategies managed by State Street Global Advisors.

Both Blackstone and Fortress posted third-quarter earnings that showed how the sharp market rally has improved the fortunes of private equity and hedge funds.

Interviews with relatives and friends of the victims paint a portrait of an idealistic group, energized by military service.

The Treasury blocked Fannie Mae's proposed sale of $3 billion in housing tax credits to Goldman Sachs and Berkshire Hathaway.

The Dow industrials gained 17 points, propped up by a 6.2% jump in General Electric shares. Blue chips rose 3.2% on the week.

The jobless rate jumped to 10.2% in October, the first time above 10% since the early 1980s. A total of 15.7 million Americans are out of work.

A $2.5 billion IPO by aluminum firm Rusal will be one of the year's hottest deals. But some banks are cool toward working with its founder, Oleg Deripaska.