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The global jobless queue will stretch to more than 200 million people this year, the International Labor Organization said...

Avoiding an economic showdown with President Obama, the House on Wednesday passed legislation to suspend the nation’s statutory borrowing...

Moving forward with their short-term debt ceiling strategy, House Republicans released legislation Monday that would suspend the U.S. borrowing...

During the past five years, companies have faced credit crunches, fragmentation of markets into niches, flagging consumer confidence and...

In the rich oratory of an inaugural address, President Obama sketched out a vision Monday for addressing the problems...

Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. King received a doctorate...

House Republicans signaled on Thursday they might support a short-term extension of U.S. borrowing authority next month so they...

They may not be making any platinum coins, and they may not be able to sell their presidential dollars,...

Once confined to a few tropical islands riddled with yachts and flashy drug dealers, the tax haven market has...

If he didn’t have a solid business empire backing up his bravado, Mike Mann might seem like a TV...

Economic activity across the United States expanded at either a moderate or modest pace in recent weeks with consumer...

Foreclosure activity in the United States was at a near six-year low in December and declined over the entire...

Eligible home-based businesses may deduct up to $1,500; saves taxpayers 1.6 million hours a year. The Internal Revenue Service...

Fitch Ratings Ltd. warned on Tuesday that Congress’s failure to raise the federal government’s statutory borrowing limit would “very...

Junk-bond prices are at all-time highs, stocks are touching five-year peaks and the market’s so-called fear gauge has tumbled...

Companies that give employees the opportunity to earn year-end bonuses may not actually pay them until after year-end. Question:...