Michael Oneal

Across the country, Republicans and their conservative allies sought to ignite a grass-roots rebellion against President Barack Obama on Wednesday, staging scores of Tax Day "tea parties" to demand tax...

President Barack Obama announced Monday that highway projects spurred by the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus plan are coming in "ahead of schedule and under budget," but the program's early...

Rio de Janeiro's $14.4 billion bid for the 2016 Olympics has long been dogged by worries about transportation, crime and financing. Then there's rival Chicago's secret weapon: U.S. President Barack...

With rumors about its financial condition continuing to swirl around Wall Street, Citadel Investment Group held a rare conference call Friday to reassure investors that it remains on solid ground...

Neel Kashkari, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's surprise choice to lead the nation's $700 billion rescue plan, sure has a lot to learn about being a Washington big shot. On Monday,...

If the government is going to spend $700 billion to buy "toxic" securities nobody else wants, how much should it pay for them? With the world watching and the clock...

That $700 billion is likely to come with strings attached after all. A backlash over the proposed bailout of the U.S. financial system sent markets into a tailspin Monday, as...

Until it collapsed in a financial crisis this spring, Simplicity Inc. was a case study in how companies can prosper in an increasingly globalized economy. In eight years' time, Simplicity's...

With long-term mortgage rates sinking to their lowest level since March 2004, it looked like one of those golden opportunities to refinance the home or condo this week. But many...