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Layoffs tied to the troubled housing and autos industries clobbered the West and Midwest in May and helped raise unemployment...

United Airlines has caused an uproar among travel agents with plans to force them to the pay credit-card fees when...

Scott Painter makes his living betting on startup companies, having played a role in launching 29 of them over the...

The Bank for International Settlements urged governments Monday to move away from “staggering” stimulus packages as the global economy stabilizes...

Victims who lost millions of dollars in the multibillion-dollar fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff described their ruined lives Monday to...

Investors are nervous because consumers are saving rather than spending. Stocks fell Friday after the Commerce Department reported that personal...

KB Home said Friday its new home orders in the second quarter spiked 59 percent over first-quarter levels, but its...

Michigan has snatched back a few of its fast-disappearing auto jobs, winning a high-stakes competition with two other states to...

The number of people filing new jobless claims jumped unexpectedly last week, and the total unemployment benefit rolls rose to...