Retirement

Michigan acted swiftly compared with Indiana and Wisconsin, where votes to curb union rights followed weeks or months of discussion.

Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets rose $32.33 billion to $2.644 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Co. Institute.

Republican Comptroller Susan Combs said Tuesday "there are some warning signs in Texas" surrounding certain public-employee pension obligations but defended the stability of the state's largest retirement funds that total $139 billion and could face calls for reform next year.

Clerical workers and longshoremen at the nation's largest port complex will return to work Wednesday, eight days after they walked out in a crippling strike that prevented shippers from delivering billions of dollars in cargo across the country.

This is the fifth year in a row that the financial firm has been named a Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality.

If the NHL and the players' association are going to make a deal to save the hockey season, they are likely going to have to do it by themselves.