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TransUnion: Late auto-loan payments down in 1Q
The rate of late payments for auto loans fell nationally in the first three months of the year to the lowest level in more than a decade, even as ...
Premier inspects quake-hit Italian factories
The government approved some temporary tax relief to owners of property damaged in the quake-struck north Tuesday, as the premier promised swift help ...
UK may allow IVF for older women, same-sex couples
A powerful health advisory agency says Britain should extend free fertility treatments to women up to age 42 as well as same-sex couples, ...
Where Romney, Sen. Brown stand on various issues
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and U.S. Sen. Scott Brown publicly support each other and even share key advisers. But on many topics, ...
Records: Joplin twister was costliest since 1950
The cost of 30 manhole covers that got sucked away: $5,800. A new concession stand at the destroyed high school: $228,600. Shelter and care for more ...
FACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public
It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, ...
Questions and answers on blockbuster Facebook IPO
Taking a company public isn't as simple as collecting Facebook friends. Even if the company is Facebook. When its stock started trading Friday under ...
Senator wants parties to refund convention money
A Republican senator has asked both political parties to refund the millions of federal dollars each has received to help pay for this summer's ...
Fate of 'uninsurables' hinges on Supreme Court
Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance.
US 30-year mortgage rate falls to record 3.79 pct.
Average U.S. rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week. The steady decline has made home-buying ...
Report: Fewer US homes foreclosed upon in April
National foreclosure trends took a positive turn in April, as the number of homes seized by banks declined and fewer properties entered into the ...
Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims
Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year. State Farm ...
US economy picks up after early spring slump
Maybe the U.S. economy's strength this winter wasn't just weather-related after all. Home construction is near a three-year high. And factory output ...
Pace of new credit card accounts picked up in 1Q
U.S. credit card users are getting better about making more timely payments, even as banks are increasingly issuing cards to borrowers with ...
Cheaper gas not enough to boost summer driving
Cheaper gas won't be enough to get many more Americans on the road this summer. They're still too worried about their jobs and the economy.
Residential Capital seeks Chapter 11 protection
The U.S. government is hoping that Monday's bankruptcy filing by Ally Financial Inc.'s troubled mortgage business will help the company repay its ...
Dems, GOP using popular bills to hurt other party
Congress is producing little this election year that will become law, yet both parties are churning out bills designed to make the other side look bad
New 'super' PAC hopes to woo younger voters
President Barack Obama counted on the support of younger voters four years ago. Now, a new Republican-leaning "super" political committee wants to ...
Is Europe a safe place to buy? Not exactly
It often pays to zig when everybody else zags. If you were brave enough to put cash into the stock market three years ago — and very few small ...
Women ponder how they became a campaign issue
Wanda Ramey stood on the University of Colorado campus, cane in one hand, "Close The Pay Gap" sign in the other. The rally for equal pay among women ...
Obama wants Congress to help homeowners
Refocusing on the economy, President Barack Obama on Friday pushed Republicans to back housing policies the White House says would help shore up ...
Facebook in your mutual fund? It could be soon
Ask people what they think about Facebook, and you're likely to hear everything from "It's a terrific way to connect with friends and family," to ...
Spain bank rescue underscores financial dilemma
The Spanish government's decision to take control of the country's fourth-largest bank highlights the problem gripping the nation's financial system.
Report: Suspect billings at 2,600 drugstores
It would take a mighty big pill box to hold them. A pharmacy in Kansas billed Medicare for more than 1,000 prescriptions each for two patients in a ...