President Barack Obama is pressing for public support Monday to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a day after he and House Speaker John Boehner met one-on-one for the first time to discuss ways to avert the "fiscal cliff."

The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $12 billion to $607 billion in November.

Based on an analysis of the November employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women passed men regarding jobs regained during the recovery, according to the Institute for Womens Policy Research.

The days of counting on Uncle Sam and a company pension to carry you through old age are long gone. We're living increasingly in a "yoyo" economy short for "you're on your own."