President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf in the rain.

The Supreme Court will decide if government whistleblower protection applies to employees of a privately-held contractor or the subcontractor of a publicly-held company.

Stocks are slightly higher in early trading on Wall Street, even as several big retailers slumped after reporting disappointing earnings.

Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street a day after the market hit its latest record high.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut a major rating for Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

A report of slowing manufacturing in the Northeastern U.S. is getting the stock market off to weak start.

Stock futures dipped Wednesday as another nation in Europe sank into recession and the economic contraction for the entire European Union stretched into its sixth straight quarter.

A New York state appeals court dismissed a lawsuit brought by insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. against Goldman Sachs over an investment that went bad.