Retirement plan participants know they should be participating more actively in their own savings, but they aren't - and they're missing out, says ING.

The nation's largest 401(k) administrator said accounts grew by more than 4 percent, with an average balance of $75,900 - the highest since they began tracking data in 2000.

Kansas officials are considering their next steps to implement the federal health care law now that the presidential election has been decided and deadlines are looming.

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week by 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 355,000, a possible sign of a healing job market. But officials cautioned that the figures were distorted by Superstorm Sandy.