Former Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies at 100 (opens in new tab)

Alan Greenspan, the economist who chaired the U.S. Federal Reserve for nearly two decades, died Monday at age 100, his wife Andrea Mitchell said. Mitchell said he died at home from complications of Parkinson's disease. Greenspan led the Fed from August 1987 to January 2006, serving under Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. His tenure covered the 1987 stock-market crash, the Mexican and Asian financial crises, the dot-com boom and bust, and the Sept. 11...