Money Talking

For years, politicians have called for the nation to end its dependence on foreign oil.  That time could be fast approaching.

Over his 11 years as mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg has pushed for economic development, immigration reform, public health initiatives and gun control, among other issues. 

Pattie Sellers has spent years reporting on some of the most powerful women in corporate America as an editor-at-large at Fortune and as the executive director of the magazine's Most Powerful Women Summit.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg wants to start a women's movement around her forthcoming book Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead. 

A month ago, the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 14,000 for the first time since 2007, and it has continued to hover around that mark. 

President Obama did not mention Wall Street or financial regulation during his State of the Union address. 

President Obama's surprise call for a minimum wage hike during his State of the Union address Tuesday seems to have the entire nation pondering the same question: What should the minimum wage be?

American manufacturing got some much-needed buzz when Apple CEO Tim Cook announced in December that a line of Macs will be made in the U.S.A. in 2013. 

The push for immigration reform got a shot in the arm this week when a bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators released a comprehensive proposal that would provide a path to citizenship for the country's 11 million undocumented workers. 

CEOs, political leaders and even a few celebrities are meeting to rub elbows and discuss the world’s biggest political and economic challenges this week at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.