WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he...
(Albany, NY) -- With state lawmakers out of Albany this weekend without an agreement to close New York's budget g...
WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment insurance was unchanged last week, remaining above th...
President Barack Obama says he's worried that spending too much money to help revive the economy could undermine a fragile U....
WASHINGTON -- Wholesale prices rose less than expected in October as the weak economy keeps inflation pressures largely in ch...
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will travel to Pennsylvania and other states next month after hosting a White House foru...
WASHINGTON -- Retail sales rose more than expected in October, but the gain largely reflected a big rebound in auto sales.
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Susan Docherty, General Motors Vice President of Sales, on "The John Gambling Show"
DETROIT -- Gener...
WASHINGTON -- Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won't be strong e...
Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming t...
(Undated) -- The unemployment rate may be much higher than the official ten-point-two-percent figure released Fri...
Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment fo...
NEW YORK -- Consumers, enticed by cooler weather, early holiday discounts and an improving economy, offered some relief to th...
WASHINGTON -- The volume of signed contracts to buy previously occupied homes rose for the eighth straight month in September...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Saturday that reports the economy is growing again and that more than 1 millio...
WASHINGTON -- The economy grew at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter, the best showing in two years, fueled by governmen...
WASHINGTON -- Sales of new homes dropped unexpectedly last month as the effects of a temporary tax credit for first-time owne...
NEW YORK -- Home prices rose for the third straight month in August, data Tuesday showed, a key sign for a broad and sustaine...
CHICAGO -- More than 80 percent of major companies reporting third-quarter results this month have beaten Wall Street e...
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prodded Congress Friday to enact legislation overhauling the nation'...
WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, afte...
WASHINGTON -- Moving up the effective date of tough new regulations to protect credit card customers from sudden interest rat...
NEW YORK -- A disappointing report on housing starts is making investors nervous about the economy and pushing stocks lower e...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Even with an economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and a weak empl...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Financial companies that were shored up by taxpayer money are now paying their employees bug bucks in comp...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What is $1.42 trillion? It's more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, mo...
WASHINGTON -- Output at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rises for the third straight month in September on higher...
Albany, NY -- Governor Paterson says more budget cuts are necessary to deal with New York's burgeoning budget gap...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. David Paterson plans deep, painful spending cuts to deal with a growing state budget deficit, while ...
WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment insurance has fallen to the lowest level si...
WASHINGTON -- There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Retail sales declined in September by the largest amount this year as car sales plummeted following the en...
WILMINGTON, Del. -- The sale of the Chicago Cubs moved closer Tuesday as a bankruptcy judge said the team can go to the famil...
NEW YORK -- Stocks are fluctuating following a mixed earnings report from Johnson & Johnson put a damper on hopes that sa...
NEW YORK -- Stocks resumed their climb as investors got upbeat readings on two of the best gauges of the economy's health: co...
WASHINGTON -- Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Senators Jack Reed a...
Washington, DC -- Congressional leaders hope a resolution will be reached this week on legislation to extend jobl...
NEW YORK -- Investors are rushing into stocks for a second day amid signs that the global economy is recovering and as a weak...
NEW YORK (AP) - A report that the service sector grew for the first time in more than a year is giving investors a confidence...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan predicted on Sunday that the jobless rate will pass 10 per...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the unemployment rate climbs, President Barack Obama is trying to make the case that his health care ov...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says passage of his health care proposals would create new jobs by making small bus...
WASHINGTON -- A 13-week extension of unemployment benefits in the 27 states with the highest jobless rates is being slowed by...
NEW YORK - A report showing Americans are still jittery about the economy has pushed stocks lower a day after a steep rally.
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BERLIN (AP) -- Germans voted Sunday on whether to give Chancellor Angela Merkel a second term at the helm of Europe's largest...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell for the third straight week, evide...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nurturing a nascent recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a reco...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday he supports Democratic efforts to narrow the scope of a...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A private forecast of economic activity rose in August for the fifth straight month, the latest sign the rec...
Highlights of President Barack Obama's interviews broadcast Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," NBC's "Meet the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the world's leading economic powers have made progress in stabilizing the glob...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York state's unemployment rate rose from 8.6 percent to 9 percent in August, the highest in 26 years,...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer prices rose slightly in August due to higher gas prices, another sign the weak economy is keeping...
(Pittsburgh, PA) -- President Obama insists his administration's actions have curbed the lingering economic crisi...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Retail sales jumped in August by the largest amount in more than three years, spurred by widespread gains ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- One year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence th...
Morgan Stanley's incoming CEO will be facing a drastically different landscape on Wall Street from when John Mack took over i...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Businesses reduced inventories at the wholesale level for a record 11th consecutive month in July, althoug...
NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America Corp. and the New York Attorney General's office are sparring again over the bank's acquisi...
CINCINNATI (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared Monday that modern benefits like paid leave, minimum wage and Social Secur...
Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa, pushing to 87 the number of banks that have failed this ...
(New York, NY) -- Stocks made a late rally today in part because of stronger-than-expected retail sales. Th...
SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) - Turns out you can fear a government takeover of health care even if the government already took over ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Analysts, lawmakers and the financial industry generally reacted positively to news that Ben Bernanke would...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Postal Service is offering $15,000 buyouts to employees in an effort to cut costs at a time when the po...
(Wethersfield, CT) -- The state unemployment rate dropped in July. The state Department of Labor reports th...
(New York, NY) -- Positive manufacturing data helped Wall Street believe the economy is beginning to recover.&nbs...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer prices were flat in July as energy costs retreated following a big surge in June. Over the past 1...
NEW YORK (AP) - Investors have managed to shake off disappointing news and push stocks higher for a second straight day.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - One man's clunker is another man's meal ticket. Mom and Pop used-car dealers are feeling the crunch as...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes rose 7 percent from June to July, as the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. trade deficit edged up slightly in June as imports rose for the first time in 11 months, another ...
(New York, NY) -- Oil prices fell today as traders had doubts about the pace of an economic recovery. The d...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Productivity surged in the spring by the largest amount in almost six years while labor costs plunged at t...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Using better-than-expected jobs numbers to press his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama is argu...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Using better-than-expected jobs numbers to press his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama argued ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Finally, a lot fewer workers are hearing the dreaded words, "You're fired."
In the clearest sig...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Friday welcomed a dip in unemployment as evidence "the worst may be behind ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Employers throttled back on layoffs in July, cutting just 247,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, and the unem...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly-laid off workers seeking unemployment insurance fell last week, the government said Th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly-laid off workers seeking unemployment insurance fell last week, the government said Th...
NEW YORK (AP) - Investors are taking a break from a huge three-week rally.
Stocks posted modest gains Tuesday following a su...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden says the Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus program is meeting its goals...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers opened their wallets and pocketbooks a bit more in June, increasing their spending for the secon...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's treasury secretary on Sunday said he cannot rule out higher taxes to help tame an...
(Washington, DC) -- The man who once directed the Federal Reserve thinks the nation is "very close" to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top White House adviser is defending President Barack Obama's approach to reviving the economy and says ...
(New York, NY) -- New York's senior senator is calling for pumping more federal dollars to solve the problem of t...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are looking ahead to a health care showdown on the Hous...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is sounding a bit more upbeat about the economy but says future economic prosp...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has moved another five banks into receivership.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Traders used good news about the economy Friday to give the Dow Jones industrials their best July in 20 year...
NEW YORK (AP) - Upbeat corporate earnings are giving stocks another burst of energy.
Stocks surged but ended off their highs...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- State budget officials say New York's economy is still sinking, with some of the wealthiest taxpayers mo...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers filing first-time claims for jobless benefits rose last week, the gov...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government says the number of newly laid-off workers filing first-time claims for jobless benefits ros...
NEW YORK (AP) - An economic reality check is restraining the stock market's rally.
Stocks ended mixed but little changed T...
NEW YORK (AP) - Prices for most commodities are lower amid a stronger dollar and a report showing consumers are still nervous...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dangling the promise of $5 billion in grants, President Barack Obama pressured states to embrace his ideas ...
(New York, NY) -- The Dow ended the week above nine-thousand points after closing yesterday above the mark for th...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. housing market is finally on the mend after its most far-reaching collapse in 70 years. That could...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Lawmakers braced for a long debate Thursday as they consider a complex budget plan struck by Gov. A...
(New York, NY) -- Blue chip stocks rallied strongly on Wall Street today with the Dow Jones Industrials climbing ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose last week, though the government said i...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ran into more tough questions Wednesday on Capitol Hill about the ce...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration on Tuesday sent Congress legislation seeking to tighten government oversight of Wa...
NEW YORK (AP) -- CIT Group says it might have to file for bankruptcy protection if not enough bondholders participate in an u...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The board of CIT Group Inc., one of the nation's largest lenders to small and midsize businesses, approved...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Construction of new U.S. homes rose in June to the highest level in seven months, a sign builders are star...
NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday traced his historic rise to power to the vigor and valor of black civil ri...
HOLMDEL, N.J. (AP) - President Barack Obama says he wants a health care overhaul this year and that costs will cont...
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's unemployment rate reached its highest level in 32 years in June.
The jobless rate increase...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is firing back at Sen. Jon Kyl for calling for an end to economic stimulus spend...
WARREN, Mich. (AP) - Conceding unemployment will get worse before it shrinks, President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled a $1...
A singing group of protesters gathered outside of Morgan Stanley Building in midtown Tuesday morning to “bite back&rdqu...
WASHINGTON (AP) - As he conceded that unemployment will keep growing, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said new jobs will re...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Higher energy prices rippled through the economy in June, helping to drive a bigger-than-expected gain in ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit easily surpassed expectations as profit was ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government says retail sales advanced in June by the largest amount in five months, led by a surge in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of u...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama, in an op-ed piece, is urging Americans to have patience with the stimulus plan.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Saturday dismissed the idea the nation might need a second stimulus to jolt the ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- American International Group Inc. is consulting with the federal government about its plans to pay millions ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. trade deficit fell to the lowest level in more than nine years in May as exports posted a small g...
L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Friday the world apparently has averted economic collapse but "full ...
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(L'Aquila) -- President Obama says nations of the world are making some "important strides forward" in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits last week fell to lowest l...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The global economy is beginning a sluggish recovery from its worst recession since World War II, the Inter...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is one of
five governors who voiced concerns a...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden said the Obama administration "misread how bad the economy was" but sta...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy tumbled at a 5.5 percent pace in the first quarter, but appears to be doing better now, even t...
PARIS (AP) -- The deepest global recession in over 60 years is close to bottoming out, but recovery will be weak unless gover...
(Washington, DC) -- Public confidence that President Obama's 787-billion-dollar stimulus plan will jolt the econo...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday urged financial institutions that specialize in communi...
