Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Where the Getty family fortune came from

The Getty family fortune was built not only in oil fields from Oklahoma to Saudi Arabia but also in factories that built everything from aircraft to mobile homes, and in the boardrooms of Wall Street, where the family profited from one of the fiercest takeover battles in corporate history.

Jack Lew: China's currency is not ready for prime time

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Tuesday that China's yuan is not yet ready to join an elite grouping of currencies used by the International Monetary Fund.