Tom Hays and Tom Krisher, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors agreed to pay $900 million to fend off criminal prosecution over...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s decision Thursday to hold a key interest rate at historic lows will extend a period of tense speculation...
Eric Stern, SALON (Salon) – Who says the Koch brothers don’t care about the needy? Lost amid the noise of the presidential election is...
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer-friendly ratings of the benefits of new drugs. Limits on what patients pay. Requiring drug companies to...
Patrick Clark, BLOOMBERG (BloombergBusiness.com) – It’s tough to be a renter. Housing costs, in many markets, are rising faster than wages, and there is...
Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu, Reuters via FOX BUSINESS (FoxBusiness.com) – American household incomes lost ground last year as the poverty rate remained flat, a...
Paul Mozur, THE NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG (The New York Times) – The Chinese government, which has long used its country’s vast market as...
Tom Krisher, ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will pay $575 million to settle hundreds of civil lawsuits filed against the company over...
Viraj Shah, INVEST CORRECTLY (InvestCorrectly.com) – Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) has received in its acquisition of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:OWW). Anti-trust officials in the United...
(Bloomberg) – Anheuser-Busch InBev NV said it intends to make an offer to acquire SABMiller Plc in a deal that would unite the world’s two biggest beermakers...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday banned sales of four cigarette brands from R.J. Reynolds because they...
MARLEY JAY, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — UPS said Tuesday it will hire 90,000 to 95,000 employees — about the same as last year...
NEW YORK (AP) — Toys R Us says it won’t hire as many holiday season employees as it did last year, but the toy and baby...
(New York Times) – Colleges give prospective students very little information about how much money they can expect to earn in the job market. In part...
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target is testing the online grocery delivery waters. The Minneapolis-based discounter has teamed with Instacart, the online grocery...
(CBS News) – Last week was Apple’s annual fall press event, typically notable for where new iPhones are introduced to adoring Apple fans and the general...
(New York Times) – A survey of families that have a family member in jail or prison has found that nearly two-thirds struggle to meet their...
Bourree Lam, THE ATLANTIC WASHINGTON (The Atlantic) — On Wednesday, the Justice Department issued a new policy regarding the prosecution of white-collar criminals. Amid post-recession...
(Bloomberg) – After years of meeting demands for ever cheaper prices, many Wal-Mart Stores Inc. suppliers are saying no to new margin-squeezing storage fees and a payment...
(The Atlantic) – People who pay attention to poverty, including the poor themselves, know one thing all too well: Over the past few decades, anti-poverty policy...
(Chicago Tribune) – When it comes to the number of women at the pinnacle of the business world, even meager growth can be meaningful. This year’s...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Income inequality will remain a persistent problem despite brighter prospects for U.S. companies globally, according to an annual...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite the many challenges in bringing such cases, the Justice Department is renewing its commitment to prosecuting corporate executives...
Far from the elaborate crypts at Chicago’s prominent Oak Woods Cemetery, the original Aunt Jemima lies in an unmarked grave in an area that’s more fit...
MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer borrowing climbed to a fresh record in July, the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is...
