On Wall Street, the average shopper can trump a Federal Reserve policy maker.

They are lawyers, factory workers, insurance adjusters, even an accountant and a dentist. All share the same dream: They want to farm.

As conspicuous consumption loses some of its cachet during the recession, the swamp’s most conspicuous consumers have less to fear from humans.

The scrutiny of executive pay in Washington isn’t knocking down the compensation of banks’ head honchos. It’s just changing what form the money comes in.

As the industry turns toward more fuel-efficient vehicles, classic car owners worry the soul of the cars that symbolized personal freedom, speed, status and sex appeal has been lost.

Citigroup Inc says two of its traders are exempt from a government review of the bank’s top executive pay packages, The New York Times reports.

Regulators shut down Colonial BancGroup, a big lender in real estate development that buckled under the collapse of the market. It was the biggest U.S. bank to fail this year.

The Obama administration’s “pay czar” is embarking on a review of proposed compensation packages for the top employees at seven companies that are on government life support.

The Chicago-based airplane maker says it has found microscopic wrinkles in the skin of the 787’s fuselage and is installing a patch.

Dealers say they still haven’t been repaid for the majority of Cash for Clunkers deals they have made, creating cash crunches for many as they wait for government reimbursement.