The Tea Party says everything is on the table regarding its goal to cut federal spending and balance the budget — including defense spending. If the political faction succeeds in cutting military spending, not only would the …
On Monday, a group of institutional investors sued Countrywide and Bank of America over Countrywide’s mortgages practices. The bank is accused of issuing vast numbers of loans using methods that went beyond lax standards and in…
Highly skilled women will lose about a quarter of a million dollars, or as much as a third of their lifetime earnings, by choosing to have a child, making the prospect of raising a family a far more expensive one for college gr…
The Conference Board’s closely watched index unexpectedly surged 7.3 points to 60.3 in January — rising to its highest level since May — as Americans’ started 2011 optimistic that the job market and U.S. economy would keep i…
Upon taking office in 2009, Obama inherited two costly wars and an economy that had violently imploded just months before. What’s changed since then? Quite a bit — some for the better, some not. Here’s a midterm progress repor…