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Top Stories Barney Frank on derivatives, J.P. Morgan: Q&A Derivatives regulation being drafted by regulators and a tougher Volcker rule will be enough to prevent other banks from suffering losses similar to J.P. Morgan Chase’s surprise $2 billion-plus trading loss, Rep. Barney Frank says.
Corrections: What Twitter’s privacy move means for you A MarketWatch column on May 18 about social-media site Twitter’s adoption of a “Do Not Track” feature gave incorrect information about which Internet browsers support the new feature, and incorrectly described Twitter’s use of computer cookies.
Jennifer Waters's Consumer Confidential: What Twitter’s privacy move means for you Twitter is adopting a “Do Not Track” feature that the social-media site’s users can tap to help guard their privacy. But it’s not a cure-all, writes Jennifer Waters.
Personal Finance Daily: How to quiet your noisy neighbors Sometimes, a landlord either can’t or won’t help tenants deal with noisy neighbors, Lew Sichelman writes in the Realty Q&A column today. What’s the solution? It’s a tough one—sometimes you just have to call the cops.
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May 18, 2012 1:27 PM EDT
The wave of austerity measures, cost cutting, and tax increases across Europe, Asia, and the United States may be getting ahead of itself. On the plus side, plans to get the “fiscal house in order” have been pushed off to a more reasonable timeframe. Don’t forget, the IMF and ECB were looking for Greece to get back under 3% debt to GDP by 2012 initially. As it became evident that more countries were in trouble, the timeframe was pushed out. Ho... full story >>