Employee Participation

Call it a case of reality catching up to the hype: Consumer-driven health plans have leapfrogged HMOs to become the second most popular employer-provided plan design.

More than 350,000 public school students spent a fifth day out of class Friday as bargaining to end the city's teachers strike dragged on ahead of a meeting of union delegates whose approval is required to seal any deal.

Most university and college career center directors say students have a lack of interest in formal career preparation and professional development, which is preventing them from successfully gaining employment, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers on behalf of the Career Advisory Board.

U.S. industrial production fell in August by the largest amount in more than three years as factories produced fewer cars and other manufactured goods and Hurricane Isaac triggered shutdowns along the Gulf Coast.

Mitt Romney is promising to reduce taxes on middle-income Americans.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped to the highest level in two months, although the figures were skewed in part by Hurricane Isaac.