A trade group's measure of the health of the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted for the 14th straight month in March, and while the pace of decline was slower than expected, any pickup in jobs is still highly unlikely before next year.
Construction spending fell for a fifth straight month in February as another big drop in home building offset a slight rebound in nonresidential construction.
President Obama has his eye on automatic enrollment in individual retirement accounts and an expansion of the Saver’s Credit Act as a way to encourage Americans to prepare for retirement, according to a retirement policy expert.
MetLife Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive C. Robert Henrikson received compensation of $12.4 million in 2008, down 13 percent from the previous year, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures disclosed in a regulatory filing Tuesday.
Foundation giving went up in 2008, but is expected to decline this year, according to a survey released today by the Foundation Center.
Wall Street has ended a tumultuous March on a high note, managing its first winning month this year and its best monthly performance in nearly seven years.
An index of consumer sentiment based on 5,000 households remained relatively flat this month, according to a report released today by The Conference Board, a business research firm.
Inflation in the 16 nations that use the euro hit a record low in March, growing just 0.6 percent from a year ago as oil prices slumped, the EU statistics agency said Tuesday.
Advisers are being pelted with a dizzying array of new insurance products. But as quickly as products develop, so, too, do the challenges, which include evaluating carriers’ financial health and deciding which product might be favorable in a given economic environment.
European stock markets rose modestly Tuesday following a mixed Asian session as investors picked up beaten-down stocks but remained acutely aware that the rally could run out of steam in the run-up to this Thursday's G-20 summit of world leaders.
More employer-sponsored retirement plans may start to offer Treasury and government money market mutual funds to minimize the risk of losses, according to a survey of plan consultants released today by Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC.
In one of the single largest securities arbitration awards ever, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. has been ordered pay $39.8 million to a group affiliated with the Freemasons.
Mercer and Callan Associates halted plans to merge their investment consulting businesses, according to a Callan news release.
Bank stocks retreated today amid fresh concerns that financial firms will need additional capital to weather the ongoing credit crisis and recession.
President Barack Obama said today that neither General Motors nor Chrysler has proposed sweeping enough changes to justify further large federal bailouts, and demanded "painful concessions" from creditors, unions and others as their price for survival.
There's some good news about mutual funds returns and other economic indicators, but it's not yet time to start popping Champagne corks, industry experts say.
The Obama administration and Congress should immediately halt any effort to assess a punitive tax on bonuses paid this year by companies that received bailout funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
A marketing technique called framing is being looked at with suspicion even thought it often produces a positive result — getting people to save for retirement.
