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Shares of embattled California utility PG&E plunge after a judge rules that a jury should determine whether it should pay as much as $18 billion in damages to victims of the 2017 devastating 'Tubbs' California wildfire.

After the stock market crash of 1929, the U.S. suffered a depression that would last for years. Here are some of the most important causes and affects of the Great Depression.

Auto industry executive helped launch the Ford Mustang, the mini-van and rescue Chrysler.

Chapter 7 bankruptcy may be a necessary evil for down-on-their luck Americans. Here's what you need to know.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a panel of top U.S. regulators charged with preventing future financial crises, met Thursday to discuss the past decade's surge in corporate borrowing, much of it by companies with junk-grade credit rating. An economic downturn likely would bring a wave of credit-rating downgrades and debt defaults that could ripple across markets.

Shares of PG&E surge, then retreat on reports that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway was - and then wasn't - in talks to buy the bankrupt California utility.