Kate Davidson

Detroit has filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, making it the largest city in U.S. history to do so.

The greeting card industry has devised a plan to rescue the U.S. Postal Service. Key to the plan is something called "cluster boxes."

A Senate committee takes up the issue of war-time contracting, looking at the huge amounts of waste and fraud during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Fed chair Ben Bernanke heads to Capitol Hill for his last semi-annual two-day testimony. He may face tough questions, reflecting perceived politicization of his role in the absence of coordination between Congress and the White House.

As Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase kick off bank earnings season, it's a chance to see the effect rising interest rates are having on our nation's banks.

It's crunch time for lobbyists pushing immigration reform. How much should lobbyists spend to get legislators on board?

Lots of European retailers have signed onto a new pact to institute stricter rules after the factory tragedy this year. Which U.S. companies will follow suit?

Investment bank Allen & Co's annual get together for the business glitterati starts today in Sun Valley, and the media deals could pile up.

For one of the long-term unemployed, a very happy ending.

The number of people 75 and older still working has grown over the last two decades -- some from need, but many because they want to.