New York

• NY state’s pension fund hits record $160 billion

  By Michael Virtanen  |  May 13, 2013

  The New York pension fund for state and local government workers has topped $160 billion after reporting a 10.4 percent return on investment for its last fiscal year.

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  Study: Immigration bill would help Social Security

  By Erica Werner  |  May 8, 2013

  A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and provide a boost to the overall economy, according to an analysis Wednesday by the Social Security Administration.

• Fewer employers match 401(k) contributions

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  May 2, 2013

  The number of companies making a match on their 401(k) plans has dropped by 7 percent since 2009, driven by the stock market crash of 2008 and the recession.

• WellPoint’s first quarter beats expectations

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 24, 2013

  WellPoint Inc.'s first-quarter earnings rose about 3 percent to trump analysts' expectations, as the nation's second largest health insurer saw a revenue gain from an acquisition. It also raised its 2013 net income forecast.

• WellPoint reports first-quarter numbers this week

  By The Associated Press  |  April 22, 2013

  WellPoint Inc. becomes the second big health insurer to tell investors how it has fared so far in 2013, when it reports first quarter results on Wednesday.

• Trust in government, Obama approval slip

  By Charles Babington and Jennifer Agiesta  |  April 19, 2013

  A new poll find that President Barack Obama's re-election glow is gone. Congress' reputation remains dismal. And only about one in five Americans say they trust the government to do what's right most of the time.

• Public pessimism on economy grows

  By Jennifer Agiesta, Tom Raum  |  April 19, 2013

  For the third year in a row, the nation's economic recovery has hit a springtime soft spot. Reflecting that weakness, only 1 in 4 Americans now expects his or her own financial situation to improve over the next year, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows.

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  Senators unveil sweeping immigration bill

  By Erica Werner  |  April 18, 2013

  Four Democratic and four Republican senators formally unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday at a news conference attended by traditional opponents from big business and labor, conservative groups and liberal ones.

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  Both left and right bash immigration bill

  By Erica Werner  |  April 17, 2013

  To some conservatives, it's amnesty. To some advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive.

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  Unions argue Wal-Mart had role in New York wage deal

  By Michael Gormley  |  April 16, 2013

  Several labor unions say more than $400,000 in contributions by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. since 2010 helped bring about the creation of an unusual taxpayer-paid subsidy last month to help employers offset a higher minimum wage in New York.