Wall Street bankers are putting together their wish lists for 2010 — and they’re not holding back. After last year’s dry spell, bonuses for top-level executives are expected to be sky high. Maybe even records.

Now we’ll never know just how many jobs were funded by the $787 billion stimulus program.

The annual auto show that kicks off here Monday is very much like the auto industry itself: Greatly relieved to not be on death’s door.

As lawmakers start trickling back to Washington next week, a panel tasked with investigating the financial crisis is set to make its first big splash.

Employers once again slashed a substantial number jobs off their payrolls in December, according to the latest labor report from the government Friday. But there was a small glimmer of hope in the report.