(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...
(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...
(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...
(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) – 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...
BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is now bigger than Wal-Mart, at least when it comes to its value on the stock...
(Slate) – The group that “informed” Dylann Roof’s deeply racist beliefs, and writings, is the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC). Roof even cited the group’s website when talking about his...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are poised to deal a sharp blow to their traditional allies in the business community by allowing...
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court has ruled in favor of tough new regulations aimed at career training programs, dealing a major...
(CNN) – It happened in a matter of days. In South Carolina, the governor called for the Confederate flag to stop flying over the capitol....
(Bloomberg) – When airlines broke up their basic offering—the flight—into retail pieces that range from ticket price to Wi-Fi, they gave themselves a new challenge: How...
