regulators

Coca-Cola is offering almost $2.4 billion for the Huiyuan juice company in China. The all-cash deal would be the biggest foreign takeover ever of a Chinese company.

But regulators in Beijing could take the fizz out of the deal. Janet Babin reports.

As many as six banks are said to have agreed to buy back securities from the failed auction-rate market as part of a settlement with federal regulators.

Is a global settlement in the works? Bob Moon reports.

Federal regulators in Florida closed First Priority Bank Friday, marking the eighth bank failure of the year.

Inflation is prompting European regulators to start raising interest rates, a move some worry could send the global economy into an even sharper downturn.

Stephen Beard reports.

Congress is calling regulators to task for runaway oil prices. Host Kai Ryssdal talks with former commodity regulator Michael Greenberger about ways to keep tabs on speculation.

Federal regulators are pushing ahead to stop abuses by credit card issuers at a time when the $2 trillion industry has come under increasing scrutiny.

The Senate took a long, hard look at JPMorgan Chase's planned purchase of Bear Stearns on Thursday, grilling both executives and federal regulators who helped shepherd the controversial deal.

Congress on Thursday will scrutinize JPMorgan Chase's controversial acquisition of Bear Stearns and quiz top executives from both firms as well as the regulators who helped engineer the rescue.

As the banking crisis continues to unfold on Wall Street, a lot of fingers are pointing at Washington and asking what happened to the people who're supposed to keep an eye on the market.

Jeremy Hobson reports.

Consumers and regulators should act now, before things get ugly, to keep abusive and dishonest collectors under control during a bad economy.