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The SEC investigates William Webster's selection to head an accounting oversight board after reports suggest SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt failed to disclose problems in Webster's resume to other SEC commissioners. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

The SEC investigates William Webster's selection to head an accounting oversight board after reports suggest SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt failed to tell other SEC commissioners about problems in Webster's resume. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

At Kmart stores across the country, anonymous donors are walking in and paying off the layaway accounts of strangers. This seems to have started in Michigan, but the holiday spirit is spreading. Kmart says the stealth benefactors usually ask for accounts that include toys.

Investigative journalists say they have evidence that Vladimir Putin's associates and relatives have millions in offshore accounts. Mary Louise Kelly talks to Andrew Roth of The Washington Post.

The new calculation reduces by $50 the amount a family can put into these HSA accounts this year. Anyone who has already funded the account at a higher level will need to adjust, or risk IRS scrutiny.

Public support for the idea of private accounts for Social Security has dropped, according to a new poll. Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center, says President Bush has sold the problem, not the solution.

President Bush signed a sweeping energy bill into law Monday, and proponents say it should make the nation's electrical grid more reliable. But opponents contend the measure will make it easier for utility companies to play accounting games.

Donald Trump's longtime accounting firm cut off its relationship with him, saying it could no longer stand behind the annual financial documents it had prepared for him.

The video conferencing company says Beijing had asked that four meetings and associated users be terminated. Two of the users were based in the U.S. and the third in Hong Kong.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants incoming presidential advisor Elon Musk to sign an ethics pledge. She speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about what she says are Musk's conflicts of interest.