Updated: 12:17 PM U.S. employers created 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year. President Obama, in a tight re-election race with challenger Mitt Romney, tried to put a positive face on the disappointing news.
Posted: 5:08 PM The Obama administration is moving to impose stiff new tariffs on wind-energy towers made in China, the latest strike in an escalating trade war over clean energy.
Posted: 1:42 PM Unemployment rates fell in nearly all large U.S. cities in April from March, aided by summer hiring on farms and in tourist destinations.
Updated: 9:38 AM The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Higher Education Fund says as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs.
Posted: 11:47 AM U.S. bank earnings rose in the first three months of the year to the highest level in nearly five years. The number of troubled banks fell for the fourth straight quarter.
Posted: 2:56 PM Facebook is in talks with the New York Stock Exchange to move its stock from the Nasdaq Stock Market after a botched initial public offering on Friday.
Updated: 6:39 AM Hewlett-Packard has announced plans to fire 27,000 employees. They say the plan will cut about 8 percent of the company's workforce and help save billions each year.
Posted: 5:47 PM Massachusetts' top securities regulator has subpoenaed Morgan Stanley related to allegations that it gave some clients negative information about Facebook before last week's initial public offering.
Posted: 5:29 PM An improving Colorado economy means municipalities affected by energy and mineral production will be eligible for money that lawmakers were using during tough budget times.
Posted: 12:35 PM Colorado's unemployment rate rose slightly for April after holding steady for three months. The state's unemployment rate remains lower than at this point last year.
Posted: 4:28 PM Senate Republicans wrote to the Democratic majority leader to say they want a vote this summer to head off tax increases that will otherwise automatically take effect on Jan. 1.
Posted: 8:10 AM Stocks are slipping in early trading as unease over Europe overshadows an encouraging U.S. employment report and good results from big retailers including Walmart Stores.