Obama signs jobless benefit extension

President Obama said he signed into law Friday a bill to provide up to 20 additional weeks of jobless benefits to unemployed Americans and […]

Marvel jumps on acquisition by Disney

Shares of Marvel Entertainment soared more than 25 percent in premarket trade after Walt Disney Co announced it will acquire the company and its […]

Wise investment in creative work

Corporate welfare is tough to justify at the best of times. Earlier this decade, Stephen Harper, then opposition leader, campaigned against it. But as Prime […]

U.S. bailout panel: more bank stress tests needed

Bank stress tests should be repeated if the U.S. unemployment rate rises beyond levels assumed by regulators in a recent round of examinations that […]

Gas price surge may stall recovery

The rising price of gasoline is putting pressure on cash-strapped motorists and throwing barricades into the path of a speedy economic recovery.
The national average […]

Networking can solve job puzzle

There’s an easy way to look for work – and a hard way.
"Many people do the easy thing," says Lisa Trudel, a career assessment […]

Ford extends buyout offer

Ford Motor Co. has extended the deadline for buyout offers to some 42,000 U.S. factory workers represented by the United Auto Workers union to […]

Boeing presses its case for maintaining C-17 production

Boeing Co. leaders say that the U.S. military’s airlift needs are growing and that a Pentagon proposal to halt future orders for the C-17 […]

GM to tackle pension deficit

The federal and Ontario governments will indirectly pump billions of taxpayer dollars into addressing a huge shortfall in the General Motors pension plan as part […]

Fisher Says Fed’s Policies May ‘Expedite’ Recovery

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said he’s confident the central bank’s policies will help end a U.S. recession that threatens to […]