The number of newly laid-off Americans requesting unemployment insurance benefits fell last week, a sign that job cuts could be easing.
President Barack Obama seized the opportunity on tax-filing day to assert that his administration is easing the tax burden of working people.
Investment bank Piper Jaffray Cos. said Wednesday that its first-quarter loss widened, but results were better than analysts had forecast.
Protesters began gathering at state Capitols and in neighborhoods and town squares across the country Wednesday to kick off a series of tax-day protests designed to echo the rebellion of the Boston Tea Party.
American Funds plans to send out proxy statements next week to shareholders of its money market mutual funds seeking approval to merge two of the funds and convert one to a short-term bond fund.
Investors picked up consumer staples and industrials stocks today but remained cautious after getting more evidence that the economy is still struggling.
In what some say is a growing trend, The Permal Group Inc., a fund-of-hedge-funds affiliate of Legg Mason Inc., today launched its first mutual fund.
Stocks fell Tuesday after an unexpected drop in retail sales and producer prices tested a notion that the economy is starting to find its footing.
President Obama aimed to juggle his glass-half-full take on the economy with a determination to not be stamped as naive or overly rosy in the face of stubborn problems that linger In a speech at Georgetown University today,
President Barack Obama is getting together with his top economic advisers Friday as the U.S. recession shows signs of abating.
