Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the improving economy will lead them to start raising record-low interest rates.

When President Obama named his financial reform plan the Volcker Rule, it catapulted the former Fed chief into the role of populist hero. But he is no populist, Paul Volcker insists.

The stock market doesn't want any surprises from this week's Federal Reserve's meeting.

At institutions that train students in careers, enrollments are soaring as people anxious about weak job prospects borrow aggressively to pay tuition.

Whether it's to boost sagging business or attract customers to a new product, there seems to be a freebie fad going on. That's a boon for budget shoppers and can be good for companies too.

Mixed economic reports held the stock market to only modest moves Friday but gains for the week were strong.

Investigators with Toyota and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a freeway, according to a memo.

Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.

The unemployment rate last year for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacle combat veterans face.

Washington Mutual has tentatively resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase and the FDIC over some $4 billion at issue in the bank holding company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a WaMu attorney said Friday.