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Older workers in states with tougher laws against age discrimination faced longer periods of unemployment after the 2007-2009 recession compared with younger workers, according to a Federal Reserve study.

Participation in employer-sponsored insurance plans by workers ages 30 and under trailed the rate of their elders by as much as 20 percent.

Mozilla Corp., maker of the Firefox Web browser, said Chief Executive Officer Brendan Eich resigned after being criticized for donating money to an anti-gay marriage group.

A thousand flowers are blooming. Which ones will the bees like?

As employers weigh their employee insurance options in light of healthcare reform, research continues to suggest that many are not inclined to end sponsored coverage of their workforce.

At least 99 companies in the Standard & Poors 500 Index paid their CEOs at or below what pay expert Graef Crystal calls their going rate last year.