(AP) Senate candidate Al Franken called on the U.S. to rescind $7.1 billion that's committed but not yet obligated to Iraqi reconstruction, and spend it instead on highway infrastructure improvements in the United States. Franken, the Democratic ...

Resize NEW YORK (Reuters) - MetLife Inc (MET.N), the largest life insurer in the United States, said on Tuesday its second-quarter profit fell as investments took a hit, missing Wall Street expectations and sending shares down nearly 10 percent. Net ...

United States - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two nonpartisan auditing agencies warned a U.S. Senate committee Thursday that creating a national infrastructure bank or issuing tax-exempt bonds may not be effective in restoring the country's roads and ...

Russell Investments has restocked the Russell Global Index with 1,242 newly-added companies worldwide from 62 countries. The United States ranked on top with 279 additions, while five continents are represented in the list of the top 10 countries ...

A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted five people, including the operators of two Danbury businesses, on charges they conspired to illegally transfer more than $22 million from the United States to Brazil. The five -- Marco Mansur, 52, of Waterbury ...

all small businesses in the United States. This growing number of small businesses, upwards of 4 million, is due to the success rate of veteran business startups being higher than the average due to the experience veterans have gained serving in the armed services. While there are a number of servic ...