Americans' confidence in the economy in November bounced back to its highest level since July, the latest sign that consumers are beginning to feel more cheerful about spending during the holiday shopping season.

Sometimes I wish Id had a nanny state growing up, maybe I wouldve had more than cereal for dinner during those first couple of years.

In an effort to help employers improve the health of their employees and dependents, the Midwest Business Group on Health is introducing a series of recommendations that are aimed to encourage better design structure, communication and delivery of benefits, wellness incentives and health management activities.

Seven out of 13 states that are collecting the latest round of federal money for establishing health insurance exchanges are also suing to overturn the massive health reform law.

Recruiters and hiring managers are expecting to see modest job gains during the first six months of 2012, according to a national survey conducted by Dice Holdings Inc., a provider of specialized career websites for professional communities.

Last week we looked at the variance in the adoption of 401(k) plans by industry. Keep in mind that this study only looked at the large plan market. I wanted to see if the pattern holds true when we look at smaller plans (2-99 participants):

Arizona is moving to restore some government-subsidized health care coverage for children of low-income families as part of a plan to provide several major hospitals with more Medicaid dollars to pay for serving people without insurance.

A jobs training bill for unemployed residents is unlikely to survive Gov. Chris Christie's veto pen so long as New Jersey's revenue collections continue to sag.