The White House released the State of the Union 2012 official special guest list Tuesday afternoon, and the people who have been invited represent different visions of the American Dream.
Europe's debt crisis could tip the world economy into recession and a bigger firewall is urgently needed to keep the damage from spreading, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
The Federal Reserve is expected to break new ground this week by providing a clearer window into official thinking on monetary policy and is expected to signal that interest rates will be held near zero into 2014.
Is his state of the union address Tuesday night, look for President Barack Obama to outline the role public policy can play in addressing the nation’s No. 1 problem: its high 8.5 percent unemployment rate and shortage of at least 10 million jobs.
The Federal Reserve opened a two-day meeting on Tuesday that is expected to end with a signal that interest rates will be held near zero into 2014.
40-million new people are expected to enter the global workforce annually.
U.S. News released its 10 worst cities for finding a job and flagrant similarities appeared between cities’ job markets and real estate markets. The cities where housing prices remain depressed directly correlate to the cities with the worst employment problems.
Greece's private creditors pleaded Tuesday with European officials who rejected their bond swap offer to hammer together a deal before Athens tumbles into a chaotic default.
U.S. workers suffered many more job losses during the 2007-2009 Great Recession than in downturns over the past 30 years, and fewer than half got another position within six months of the recession's official end, researchers said on Tuesday.
Rising sales of Smoothies and premium coffee likely helped boost the fourth-quarter 2011 earnings of McDonald's, the world's biggest fast-food chain, by 11 percent.
Gold prices rose Monday to a six-week high on widespread optimism that recent signs of global economic growth mark a sustainable pattern.
Reports on forecasts for the global economy for 2012 are not very optimistic, with countries throughout the world expected to experience an economic slowdown.
Humbled by a stunning loss in South Carolina, Mitt Romney said on Sunday he would release this week the tax returns demanded by rivals as he bids to regain the upper hand in the volatile Republican presidential race.
In case you missed the Republican presidential debate in Charleston, S.C., Thursday night, here are the highlights, from Newt Gingrich's opening tirade against moderator John King of CNN to Ron Paul's defense of leaving abortion laws to the states.
China's manufacturing activity slowed for a third consecutive month in January, according to a survey of purchasing managers on Friday, which could compel Beijing to take steps to stimulate growth in the world's second-largest economy.
Asia's economic growth may be settling into a middling pace that is too slow to provide significant global support but too fast to warrant aggressive policy easing.
The number of Americans filing for new jobless benefits dropped to an almost four-year low last week, and factory activity in the mid-Atlantic expanded moderately, suggesting the economy carried some momentum into the new year.
Economic growth, jobs and protectionism are the top three worries at the start of 2012, according to a Call to Action published by 11 leaders of international organizations on Friday in a bid to kick-start debate at next week's Davos Forum.
Wall Street axed 2,000 workers in December as poor profits led companies to slice expenses, the biggest reduction since last summer when the industry released its summer interns, James Brown, a labor market analyst with the New York Department of Labor, said on Thursday.
Canada's moment in the sun as the fastest-growing economy in the G7 club of rich countries is set to end this year, when it will likely underperform the U. S. for the first time in seven years and struggle with a mounting household debt problem.
Gold for February delivery, the most actively traded contract on the Comex, fell $9 to settle at $1650.9 an ounce. Early in the day, the price hit a fresh five-week high.
The number of Americans filing for new jobless benefits dropped to a near four-year low last week and factory activity in the mid-Atlantic expanded moderately, suggesting the economy carried some momentum into the new year.
