WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he...
"We're going to go bankrupt if we don't spend more money." This is the logic the Obama administration is using to s...
WASHINGTON -- A weaker dollar may boost the nation's economy by increasing exports and narrowing the trade gap - but that won...
WASHINGTON -- A weaker dollar may boost the nation's economy by increasing exports and narrowing the trade gap - but that won...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. trade deficit widened by the most in a decade in September as foreign oil prices rose to the highest l...
Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming t...
Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher.
News that the nati...
WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 - and is likely to go higher.
Nea...
NEW YORK -- A drop in unemployment claims and an upbeat forecast from Cisco Systems Inc. is giving investors new reason to be...
WASHINGTON -- The volume of signed contracts to buy previously occupied homes rose for the eighth straight month in September...
WASHINGTON -- The number of people claiming jobless benefits for the first time dropped less than expected last week, evidenc...
WASHINGTON -- The economy grew at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter, the best showing in two years, fueled by governmen...
WASHINGTON -- Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose in September as the biggest jump in demand for ...
(New York, NY) -- The price we're paying for a gallon of gas keeps creeping higher. The nationwide Lundberg...
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...
TRENTON, N.J. - The number of foreclosure proceedings begun against New Jersey homeowners in August was 40 percent higher tha...
WASHINGTON -- The level of poverty in America is even worse than first believed.
A revised formula for calculating med...
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, 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...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in August as exports posted a small gain, while imports fell ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy sank at a pace of just 0.7 percent in the spring, a better-than-expected performance that prov...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Orders for goods expected to last at least three years fell unexpectedly in August due mainly to a drop in...
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Police threw canisters of pepper spray and smoke at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit Thursday aft...
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...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A private forecast of economic activity rose in August for the fifth straight month, the latest sign the rec...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the world's leading economic powers have made progress in stabilizing the glob...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Retail sales jumped in August by the largest amount in more than three years, spurred by widespread gains ...
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...
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(New York, NY) -- Stocks made a late rally today in part because of stronger-than-expected retail sales. Th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Orders for durable goods rose last month by the largest amount in two years, as the manufacturing sector r...
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke declared Friday that the U.S. economy is on the verge of a long-a...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wholesale prices dropped sharply in July, and over the past 12 months fell by the largest amount in more t...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer prices were flat in July as energy costs retreated following a big surge in June. Over the past 1...
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) -- Businesses reduced inventories for a 10th straight month in June, although total business sales posted the...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. trade deficit edged up slightly in June as imports rose for the first time in 11 months, another ...
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) -- The Obama White House is applauding an encouraging jobs report as evidence the country has retreated from ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Employers throttled back on layoffs in July, cutting just 247,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, and the unem...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers opened their wallets and pocketbooks a bit more in June, increasing their spending for the secon...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy sank at a pace of just 1 percent in the second quarter of the year, a new government report sh...
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...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg is tapping a Morgan Stanley executive to be his new finance commissioner.
The previ...
NEW YORK (AP) - Prices for most commodities are lower amid a stronger dollar and a report showing consumers are still nervous...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior House Democrat wants to toughen President Barack Obama's new restrictions on Wall Street pay by b...
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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NEW YORK (AP) -- CIT Group says it might have to file for bankruptcy protection if not enough bondholders participate in an u...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A private-sector forecast of U.S. economic activity rose more than expected in June, the third straight mont...
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 ...
NORTH BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) - A New York family says it can no longer afford a mammoth Christmas display that attracted thousand...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House's economic advisers say jobs providing health care and helping the environment are growing...
NEW YORK (AP) -- American International Group Inc. is consulting with the federal government about its plans to pay millions ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is telling lawmakers the U.S. economy stumbled last year in part becau...
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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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...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumer loan delinquencies edged up to another record high in the first quarter, according to data released...
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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...
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - Tens of thousands of low-income Connecticut people could be getting free cell phone service from a Fl...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose sharply for a second straight month in May...
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) -- Ten large U.S. banks are planning to repay the government about $68 billion in bailout money Wednesday, a ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday urged financial institutions that specialize in communi...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's economic adviser says the administration's efforts to rescue banks, insurance com...
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Governor Allen: Cap and Trade is a convoluted sneaky tax on America
George Allen, Former Governor Of Virginia joined The J...
7:10: Steve Forbes, CEO of Forbes Inc and Forbes Magazine
Will discuss the bank stress tests - do they really tell us anyt...
7:10: Christine Quinn, Speaker of the City Council (D-Manhattan)
Will discuss the Council oversight of the Department of E...
President Obama Talks Turkey, Steve Forbes Weighs In
Steve Forbes, CEO of Forbes Inc and Forbes Magazine joined The John G...
Steve speaks with Dr. Irwin Kellner Chief Economist at Market Watch about the recent turnaround in the market and the possi...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Housing construction posted a surprisingly large increase in February, bolstered by strength in all parts ...