Polls show a link between the 8 million jobs lost during the Great Recession and a hostile attitude toward immigrants. These problems are adding to the pressure for new immigration policies -- and new jobs.

A Gallup analysis for DailyFinance reveals that a higher percentage of jobless voters usually identified themselves as independent than Democrat or Republican in the last six months. Incumbents, be warned.

Private pollsters and economists are piling up statistics showing the government's official jobless rate is becoming more and more of a fiction. And that's not helping solve the problem that's No. 1 for most Americans.

Getting out of subprime mortgage lending makes economic sense for banking giant Wells Fargo. But its questionable record of lending practices in black and Hispanic communities is another good reason to quit the business.

Best Buy posted disappointing first-quarter results this morning, falling well short of analysts' expectations. Cautious customers lifted the retailer's overall U.S. sales by 5%, but lower sales of TVs, video games and movies cut into its profit margins.

As Goldman gets tangled in more lawsuits and probes, it's looking increasingly like Salomon Brothers in 1991, when top executives resigned in disgrace and Buffett assumed command. Indeed, parallels between the firms are eerily similar.

Americans may be spending less, but they are not skimping on cool gadgets. Analysts expect Best Buy to post earnings on Tuesday of 50 cents a share, up from 42 cents last year, and revenue growth of 8.4%.

For the third time in a week, Goldman Sachs has come under scrutiny, as the SEC probes yet another complex mortgage securities deal by the investment bank. "They may have more to cover up than either we thought or than they told us," says one government investigator.

While defending the rating agencies last week before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Warren Buffett also admitted, "I don't need them." It seems that more and more, the financial markets are coming to agree with Buffett's stance on ratings.

The price that the largest U.S. banks pay to borrow money is set to skyrocket -- and that's just the beginning of the sector's growing problems, which could put a big crimp in their profits.