(USA Today) – The Transportation Security Administration paid passengers $3 million over the last five years for claims that airport security screeners broke, lost or stole their...
(The Washington Post) – The Justice Department announced Thursday an $18.7 billion agreement with BP to settle civil claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Nudging his way into presidential politics, President Barack Obama traveled to Wisconsin on Thursday to draw contrasts...
WARREN, N.J. (AP) — Insurer Ace Ltd. is buying The Chubb Corp. for about $28.3 billion in cash and stock in a deal that will create...
WARREN, N.J. (AP) — Insurer Ace Ltd. is buying The Chubb Corp. for about $28.3 billion in cash and stock in a deal that will create...
(Wall Street Journal) – Several top auto makers posted higher U.S. sales in June, capping a fast-paced first half of the year and prompting many...
NORTHFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Kraft shareholders have approved the sale of the company to ketchup maker H.J. Heinz, creating one of the world’s largest food companies...
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge signed off on Tuesday on a $50 million settlement between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Sprint Corp over claims...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Export-Import Bank expires Tuesday at midnight for the first time since the small federal agency was created during...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is handing off some its digital advertising business to AOL and selling its street-image mapping operation...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Most economists agree that the Great Recession, sparked by the housing market crash, officially ended in 2009,...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re called managers, and they sometimes work grueling schedules at fast food chains and retail stores. But...
Michael A. Fletcher, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — The governor of Puerto Rico has decided that the island cannot pay back more than...
By Katherine Peralta The Charlotte Observer Charlotte-based Bank of America has given $100,000 to the victims of the June 17 Charleston shooting and to an African...
(Fox News) – McDonald’s says fewer people are picking soda for Happy Meals after it stopped listing the drinks as an option on its menu...
(Fox News) – McDonald’s says fewer people are picking soda for Happy Meals after it stopped listing the drinks as an option on its menu...
(Wired) – One major drain on the American economy is the glut of consumer debt. In China, it’s the opposite. The Chinese are notoriously savvy savers, with...
(Forbes) – It’s not something that you want to do, but when faced with mounting bills, delaying your student loan debt could be one of the...
(Forbes) – It’s not something that you want to do, but when faced with mounting bills, delaying your student loan debt could be one of the...
(Bloomberg) – Household spending climbed in May by the most in almost six years, buoyed by gains in incomes as the U.S. job market strengthened....
(Bloomberg) – Household spending climbed in May by the most in almost six years, buoyed by gains in incomes as the U.S. job market strengthened....
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended a quiet session with modest losses on Thursday, but healthcare stocks rallied after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld tax subsidies...
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended a quiet session with modest losses on Thursday, but healthcare stocks rallied after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld tax subsidies...
(Reuters) – Bristol-Myers Squibb said on Thursday that it would stop efforts to find new antiviral drugs and cut 100 related jobs. The company said...
(Bloomberg) – Turns out the old saying that money isn’t everything holds true. The latest Gallup-Healthways well-being ranking puts Panama — a sliver of land with one of the...