The number of Americans filing for first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell last week but the number of continuing claims rose sharply, the Labor Department said Thursday. […]
U.S. stocks were set for a weak open Thursday as investors digests reports about the number of people filing for unemployment and the trade balance. […]
The big talk on Capital Hill may be about health-care reform, but as part of this massive undertaking, the Democrats are quietly reshaping the tax system too. Tucked inside President Obama's latest health-care proposal is a major change to the Medicare tax. […]