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A new study suggests that Medicare's 5-year-old prescription drug plan is keeping seniors out of hospitals and nursing homes, saving the federal program an estimated $12 billion a year in those costs.

Benefits for about 3,000 Maytag Corp. retirees can be changed by Whirlpool in an effort to bring them in line with current employees, according to a federal judge's ruling.

A brisk walk may not just keep your body in shape, it will help keep your mind sharp, too.

IRA rollovers are a unique asset-gathering opportunity, a report released Monday by McKinsey claims. The problem for wealth managers, McKinsey notes, is that they have largely failed to mobilize their advisory forces, adding that less than half of brokerage clients receive help from their advisors on rollovers.

Stocks are closing lower as U.S. lawmakers remained at a stalemate over raising the country's borrowing limit. Industrial companies fell following disappointing results from 3M and U.S. Steel.

California was scheduled Tuesday to borrow about $5 billion from private investors as a hedge against a possible default by the federal government.

GOP plan could provide leverage in forcing Democrats and President Obama to cut federal benefit programs.

Fiscal issues now tops terrorism as the greatest threat to national security, young people say. A poll from the nonpartisan, nonprofit Generation Opportunity shows Americans 18-29 say the nation’s debt is the top issue threatening U.S. security.