More than half of Americans plan to reduce debt and increase savings in 2012, according to a survey by TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. To help consumers along, the company came up with its top five financial strategies for the new year.

The federal pension-insurance agency filed $91 million in liens against American Airlines property in a bid to pressure the company to save its retirement plans instead of dumping the obligations on the agency.

Iowa prison and parole supervisors who were laid off under former Gov. Chet Culver's administration have been paid nearly $500,000 in back pay and counting after a state panel ruled their firings were improper, records show.

One hundred and sixty local government bargaining units have notified the state that they want to take a vote on remaining officially recognized under Wisconsin's new, more restrictive collective bargaining law.