Dow skids 300 points on worries of 'fiscal cliff' 

Updated at 2:15 p.m. ET: Stocks accelerated their post-election sell off across the board Wednesday, triggered by worries over the ...

Economy creates more jobs than expected; jobless rate edges up

Hiring sped up in October, showing a labor market that picked up a bit of steam in the waning days of the presidential campaign.   The...

Koch brothers to workers: Vote for Romney or 'suffer the consequences'

As a contentious election season enters its final weeks, a flurry of communication from corporate leaders to rank-and-file workers...

Federal deficit cut, but tops $1 trillion for fourth year

The federal budget deficit has topped $1 trillion for a fourth straight year. But a modest improvement in economic growth helped narrow...

Investors prepare for Obama victory, more expensive gridlock

NEW YORK -- As President Barack Obama widened his lead over Mitt Romney in polls this month, traders at hedge funds and investment firms...

Small business leader says Obama insults entrepreneurs

 The National Federation of Independent Business President and CEO Donald Danner accused the government of making it more difficult to...

Small business leader says Obama insults entrepreneurs

 The National Federation of Independent Business President and CEO Donald Danner accused the government of making it more difficult to...

Small business leader says Obama insults entrepreneurs

 The National Federation of Independent Business President and CEO Donald Danner accused the government of making it more difficult to...

Small business leader says Obama insults entrepreneurs

 The National Federation of Independent Business President and CEO Donald Danner accused the government of making it more difficult to...

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IRS gearing up for new responsibilities in health care

 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama's health care law will come home to roost for most...

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IRS gearing up for new responsibilities in health care

 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama's health care law will come home to roost for most...

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IRS gearing up for new responsibilities in health care

 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama's health care law will come home to roost for most...

At G-20, developing nations are now the cavalry

LOS CABOS, Mexico -- The scene at the just-concluded Group of 20 summit held in this seaside resort would have been unthinkable a decade...

Romney calls May jobs report 'devastating news'

President Obama's failed policies—not the European debt crisis—are to blame for the struggling U.S. economy, presumptive Republican...