James Stewart

(Newser) - Upon hearing of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide , "one of my first thoughts ... was that many prominent men and at least a few women must be breathing sighs of relief." So writes New York Times business columnist James B. Stewart, recounting a 90-minute background interview he did with Epstein...

(Newser) - Just in time for the holidays, a worker in Georgia who tried to get the same kind of help for bank customers that banks got from taxpayers has been fired—by Bank of America. Jackie Ramos, 23, fudged information on behalf of clients to help them qualify for credit repayment...

(Newser) - James Stewart’s reconstruction of the 8 nail-biting days, a year ago, in which the federal government stepped in to stop the collapse of the world financial system—published in the New Yorker this week, just as Fed chief Ben Bernanke was declaring the recession officially over—makes riveting, tense...