A liability is a financial obligation or debt owed. Liabilities are key elements on every company’s balance sheet, and therefore, important to stock and bond investors. Learn more. In finance and ...

The Supreme Court this morning dismissed Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian a week after oral argument, passing on an opportunity to clarify the standard of liability under the securities laws for misleading ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Michael Logan is an experienced writer, producer, and editorial leader. As a journalist, he ...

Flood disasters are almost invariably a combination of natural "Acts of God" and engineering failures. On May 31, 1889, an 11-inch rain following an already wet spring led to the catastrophic failure ...