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By David Crary |
May 23, 2012
As more of America's children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope with an array of financial and emotional challenges, a new report concludes.
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By Colleen Long |
May 22, 2012
Long Island Rail Road employees who faked claims in order to get more lucrative pensions can avoid prosecution if they admit wrongdoing in a deal with the government.
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May 21, 2012
Health insurer Humana Inc. is lowering its 2012 earnings outlook to account for a $45 million charge for settling litigation related to a military health insurance program.
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By Jesse J. Holland |
May 21, 2012
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a man's children who were conceived through artificial insemination after his death cannot get Social Security survivor benefits.
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By Amanda McGrory |
May 21, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor is releasing a $7.2 million National Emergency Grant increment to continue providing re-employment assistance to about 3,200 Florida workers who were impacted by layoffs after the termination of NASA's Space Shuttle Program.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
May 17, 2012
If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care law, it wouldn't just be politicians dealing with the fallout.
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By Marilynn Marchione |
May 17, 2012
One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf...
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By Pallavi Gogoi, Tamara Lush |
May 15, 2012
The CEO of JPMorgan Chase survived a shareholder push Tuesday to strip him of the title of chairman of the board, five days after he disclosed a $2 billion trading loss by the bank.
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By Pallavi Gogoi, Tamara Lush |
May 15, 2012
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, facing shareholders five days after the bank disclosed a $2 billion trading loss, said Tuesday the company's mistakes were "self-inflicted."
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By The Associated Press |
May 15, 2012
Pharmaceutical wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc. says one of its Florida facilities will suspend shipments of controlled substances for two years under a settlement with federal authorities over alleged ineffective controls.
