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Despite recent improvements in the economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on Tuesday expressed concerns about rising unemployment and...

Drugmakers Eli Lilly and Pfizer both topped Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings and raised their profit outlooks for the...

As Congress spent much of the last three months looking at ways to tighten regulations on financial institutions, some of...

Companies’ solid earnings reports and upbeat outlooks are sending stocks mostly higher. Caterpillar Inc. joined other companies Tuesday in issuing...

Two senior congressional Democrats pointedly called on the Obama administration Tuesday to make the $700 billion financial bailout program more...

President Barack Obama says he sees a lack of humility among leaders of the financial community. While noting that some...

Microsoft and Yahoo are close to sealing a long-anticipated search-and-advertising deal, a blog owned by the Wall Street Journal reported....

The IRS does a poor job overseeing the paid tax preparers used by more than half the nation’s taxpayers, the...

As expected, shareholders of drugmaker Wyeth on Monday voted overwhelmingly to be acquired by industry giant Pfizer Inc. More than...