According to BNY Mellon Investment Strategy & Solutions Group, the funded status of U.S. corporate pensions rose 1.6 percentage points to 88.2 percent.

While there is hope, what if Congress doesn't roll back part of the increase?

Health officials say they have the first evidence of a national decline in childhood obesity.

The city will seek bids within days for its multibillion-dollar health insurance contracts, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday, invoking other cities' fiscal struggles as he deepened his stance in a standoff with unions.