Retirement Trends

Outgoing Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue has some parting shots for Congress, the White House and advocates for seniors. They have all really walked away from Social Security, he says, leaving the program fraying because of inattention to its problems.

General Motors made money in North America and Asia and lost a bundle in Europe as it nearly doubled last year's fourth-quarter profit.

Billionaire Warren Buffett is dipping into the ketchup business as part of $23.3 billion deal to buy the Heinz ketchup company, uniting a legend of American investing with a mainstay of grocery store shelves.

Renewed worries about Europe overshadowed an encouraging U.S. jobs report, turning stocks mixed on Thursday.

More than half of investors believe the global economy will improve in the year ahead.

Most high-net-worth American households believe the country is worse off than it was in 2007.