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Does allowing the jobless to get nearly two years of unemployment checks give them an incentive to not work?

Ireland announced Wednesday it plans to split its most troubled financial institution, Anglo Irish Bank, in two as part of wider efforts to reassure international lenders that the Irish are dealing with their debt crisis.

Just days after announcing his bid for President in February of 2007, then Senator Barack Obama came to Tri C's Eastern Campus in Highland Hills in search of support.

President Obama's decision not to extend tax cuts for the rich adds a populist twist to an election-season economic package designed to entice support from big businesses and their Republican allies.

Ireland's government privately debated Wednesday how to proceed with its plans for protecting the nation's struggling banks and in particular whether to keep pouring billions into nationalized Anglo Irish Bank.

President Obama challenged Congressional Republicans during a speech on the economy at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland Wednesday, saying the opposition party is obstructing good economic policy for political gain, while supporting policies that contributed to the recent recession. The speech was aimed squarely at House Minority Leader John Boehner , who spoke in Cleveland in late August ...

Even when the economy adds jobs the numbers still look bad: companies added a net total of 67,000 jobs in August but the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work. As a result the jobless rate rose to 9.6% and the debate over how to best create jobs and avoid a double-dip recession, which might be inevitable regardless ...

Rumors spur search for bill with 1 percent tax on debit card transactions.

Quirks in state election laws may reduce Senate Democrats’ majority right after the November election, making the always-difficult task of legislating during a possible lame-duck session even tougher.

Words such as "opportunity," "goals," and "change" beam from the inspirational posters hanging on the walls of San Bernardino County Employment Resource Center in Rancho Cucamonga.