The players hope to combat what one quarterback likened to a dictatorship over college athletes.

Volkswagen AG plans to pursue labor representation at its Tennessee car factory even after employees voted against joining the United Auto Workers union.

Consumer debt in the United States rose by the most in more than six years last quarter.

The number of Americans getting divorced rose for the third year in a row to about 2.4 million in 2012, after plunging in the 18-month recession ended June 2009.