Posted: 9:21 PM Conspiracy theorists are suggesting that the decline in the jobless rate last month from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent is the result of political manipulation.

Updated: 7:38 AM The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years.

Posted: 6:35 AM The U.S. Postal Service is pleading with Congress to step in and help as the agency inches closer to insolvency.

Updated: 9:17 AM Twenty-six states saw unemployment increase last month, the Labor Department announced Friday.

Posted: 7:46 AM 1st Bank has announced it is closing 15 branches in Colorado because of a lack of customers.

Posted: 6:06 AM Instead of dropping, as is customary after Labor Day, gas prices have actually risen 5 cents in the past week alone.

Posted: 7:13 AM A new program put forth by the Federal Reserve begins Friday that could boost our economy.

Posted: 1:08 PM Americans cut back on their credit card use in July for the second straight month, suggesting many remain cautious in the face of high unemployment and slow growth.

Updated: 7:39 AM Unemployment numbers declined slightly in August, dropping from 8.3 percent in July to 8.1 percent in August, but with modest job growth and tens of thousands of discouraged workers, the job report may not be good news for President Obama.

Posted: 6:34 PM Cars lined the streets, filled with families ready to spend their Labor Day in Manitou Springs. Two months ago, when the Waldo Canyon fire swept through our community that was a much different story, business at the time was almost nonexistent.

Posted: 7:13 AM The U.S. is looming at the edge of a fiscal cliff, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's latest report.

Posted: 6:45 AM Michelle Obama has hit the campaign trail to announce that the Obama administration has exceeded the goal of 100,000 military veterans and spouses hired or trained by businesses.

Posted: 3:15 PM Groupon's beleaguered stock hit another low on Tuesday as investors continued to question the sustainability of its business.

Posted: 10:12 AM Major stock indexes are hovering near four-year closing highs in midday trading.

Posted: 10:34 AM Apple is the world's most valuable company, ever.

Posted: 9:10 AM Facebook's beleaguered stock has lost more than half of its value since its initial public offering three months ago.

Posted: 9:59 AM Unemployment rates rose in 44 U.S. states in July, the most states to show a monthly increase in more than three years and a reflection of weak hiring nationwide.

Updated: 9:53 AM Unemployment increased slightly from June to July in Colorado, following a similar trend in the national rate, which also showed a slight increase in July.

Posted: 10:23 AM Wells Fargo's brokerage firm has agreed to pay $6.58 million to settle federal civil charges that it failed to adequately inform investors about the risks tied to mortgage securities it sold.

Posted: 9:52 AM Stocks are moving higher after a surprising gain in retail sales in July provided more evidence that American shoppers are still spending even as their counterparts in Europe and Asia slow down.

Posted: 9:36 AM Foreclosure filings were up in Colorado last month, but foreclosure auction sales fell to a six-year low.

Updated: 6:06 PM Dozens of workers were let go Monday from the Vestas wind turbine tower manufacturing factory in Pueblo.

Updated: 7:41 AM U.S. stocks are opening lower after the latest signs of slower growth in Asia.

Posted: 2:36 PM Netflix Inc. CEO Reed Hastings gave his thumbs-up to Facebook by buying about $1 million worth of its stock.

Posted: 12:54 PM Three Republican senators warning of impending defense budget cuts are hitting the presidential battleground state of Nevada.