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The list of the top-performing college endowments came out Thursday. Yale University's investments have beaten the S&P 500's performance for the last five years. Marketplace's Steve Tripoli explains how college endowments work and how schools like Yale manage to beat the market year after year.

Verizon Communications has sealed a $6.7 billion deal to buy long-distance provider MCI. NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to Matthew Algeo of Marketplace.

Responding to a wave of recent food and product recalls, the Bush administration has announced an initiative to expand the authority of federal regulatory agencies.

House Democratic leaders have a plan to add unemployment benefits and education funding for veterans to President Bush's war funding bill.

Texas power company TXU Corporation has agreed to a takeover deal worth $32 billion. If the deal is approved by shareholders and regulators, it will be the largest private buyout in U.S. history.

Stocks are down in reaction to the shakeup at Citigroup, one of the world's largest banks. Marketplace's Jill Barshay talks about how the company wrote off as much as $11 billion dollars in debt and how that could affect Citigroup's banking clients.

How long will the Bernanke Bounce last? We'll look at how Tuesday's interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve Board might affect inflation and home prices. And we'll gauge the response from overseas stock markets.

The United Auto Workers pick General Motors as lead labor negotiator as Detroit car companies approach a new four-year contract. GM rivals Ford and Chrysler agreed with the union to extend the current contract until a new deal can be worked out.

The Senate's new plan to battle the housing crisis includes tax breaks for homebuilders and tax credits to those buying foreclosed homes. It includes little helping for people who are facing foreclosure, however.

Worried about your tomatoes and spinach? The Bush administration is asking Congress to give the Food and Drug Administration an additional $275 million in next year's budget to improve the safety of the nation's food supply. With the added money the FDA would open offices in China, India and Central America to provide more inspections of food and medical products.