Small businesses kept to their slow pace of hiring during October, according to two reports Thursday.

Genworth Financial says its long-term care insurance unit did well in the third quarter.

More than ever before, the health care industry is carefully watching how this year's presidential election turns out. With the president's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act front of minds for brokers, it begs the question: Can a broker vote for Obama?

Payroll provider ADP said on Thursday that businesses added 158,000 jobs in October, picking up the pace set in the previous month.