With time running short to keep the NFL's preseason completely intact, owners and player representatives met Thursday at a Manhattan law firm to try and overcome the remaining obstacles to ending the fourth-month-long lockout.

Fewer people sought unemployment benefits last week, an encouraging sign the job market may be slowly improving.

As companies battle strained budgets during the recession, more and more are offering innovative perks to keep employees engaged, particularly as traditional employee benefit costs continue to rise.

July 21 not only marks the one year anniversary of the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, but its also the date when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will turn its attention to crafting a fiduciary duty rule for brokers.