Clinton Emails Expressing Concern over Bill Clinton's Wall Street Speeches and other top stories.

• Clinton Emails Expressing Concern over Bill Clinton's Wall Street Speeches

  

  Hillary Clinton’s campaign asked former President Bill Clinton to cancel a speech to a Wall Street investment firm last year because of concerns that the Clintons might appear to be too cozy with Wall Street just as the former secretary of state was about to announce her White House bid, newly released emails show. Clinton aides say in hacked emails released Friday by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks that Hillary Clinton did not want her husband to cancel the speech, but after a “cool down peri..

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• Whiskey workers strike at 2 Beam distilleries in Kentucky

  

  Bill Ball has handled multiple whiskey-making tasks in his 47 years at Jim Beam, but on Saturday he took on an unexpected role — joining colleagues on a picket line outside a Beam distillery in Kentucky.More than 200 union workers walked off their jobs at Beam distilleries at Clermont and Boston in Kentucky after voting Friday to reject the latest contract offer from the world's leading bourbon producer. As the old contract expired, Beam said its contingency plans would keep operations running ..

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• How much can you invest in stocks for a secure retirement?

  

  Q: I think I'm in a unique situation. I'm 75 years old, very healthy and active, married to a woman who is financially independent, have various retirement incomes such as Social Security, a retirement pension and required minimum distributions. The house is paid for, and I actually save $1,000 a month. I have over a million dollars with Vanguard in various index funds and bond funds. My Vanguard account is 80 percent stocks and 20 percent bonds. Most folks recommend that the majority of my acc..

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• Rising health care premiums anger those paying full price

  

  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - Shela Bryan, 63, has been comparing prices for individual health insurance plans since May, and she can't believe what she sees."They cost a thousand, $1,200 [a month], and they have a deductible of $6,000," she said. "I don't know how they think anyone can afford that."Bryan, who lives in Hull, Georgia, a hamlet of about 200 residents near Athens, was on her husband Tony's insurance plan for decades. When Tony died in 2013, she continued his workplace coverage through COB..

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• Goldman wins its Libyan defence, but one has to question what price its reputation?

  

  It is easy to look at the financial world today and see nothing but a spiral of disorder, dysfunction and decline perpetuated by bankers who preside and profit over controversy after controversy. Last week, Goldman Sachs won a $1 billion lawsuit brought against it by the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA). It is a sovereign wealth fund set up by former dictator Muammer Gaddafi with $65 billion of assets under management. The case was based on LIA’s claims that Goldman took advantage of its lack ..

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• Wells Fargo's decision to give control to another executive raises more questions

  

  Last week, in the middle of an exceptionally wild election news cycle, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf “retired,” effective immediately. Stumpf surprised regulators and employees by giving up the reins of the bank he had led since 2007, a mere two days before Wells Fargo reported its earnings. His attempt to get lost in the news cycle and turn control over to none other than his chief lieutenant, Tim Sloan, may not satisfy the feds. After hearings before the Senate Banking Committee and the House F..

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