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MINNEAPOLIS — After being told he was losing his job at a Minneapolis sign company, Andrew Engeldinger responded by saying "oh really," taking out a...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says a new report showing that the unemployment rate has dropped below 8 percent is a sign the still-sluggish economy...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A group of residents in Independence and Faulkner counties are suing three natural gas drilling companies, claiming that waste fluids...

FISHERSVILLE, Va. -- The presidential race enters its final month enlivened by two events with the potential to reshape the contest or perhaps negate each...

WASHINGTON — Opening the campaign's last month, Mitt Romney ticked off indicators of economic misery Saturday night to suggest that a drop in unemployment hasn't...

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Senators from the U.S. Gulf Coast urged President Barack Obama on Friday to ensure that any legal...

Almost half of people in the industrial town of Reading – 58% of whom are Latino – live below the poverty line. Why has Obama not done more to get Reading back to work? In the economically ravaged rustbelt ...

Joseph Stiglitz appeared on 'Up w/ Chris Hayes' to discuss the jobs report released on Friday. Several prominent conservative figures, including former GE CEO Jack...

Many in Catalonia are calling for the semi-autonomous region of Spain to become independent -- something Barcelona fans may voice in Sunday's encounter with Real Madrid.

* Deal now unlikely until late 2012/early 2013 - sources * Regulators at different stages of investigation - sources * Bank had hoped for settlement...

Unemployment fell to 7.8 percent from 8.1 percent, reaching its lowest level since President Obama took office and crossing what had become a symbolic threshold in the campaign.

Two time defending world champion Sebastian Vettel claimed pole in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka for the fourth straight year Saturday ahead of Red Bull teammate Mark Webber.

Dozens of Conservative MPs have written to the PM with concerns about a planned merger between defence firm BAE Systems and EADS.

While a lack of middle-class income growth can create headwinds for any economy in the short term, the longer-term risks of political instability and civil unrest can become much greater.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 broke a four-day string of gains, ending slightly lower on Friday as an unexpected drop in the U.S. unemployment rate was overshadowed by concerns about the coming earnings season, which ...

By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - An influential U.S. lawmaker has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to scrap and repropose a...