The health reform debate is still far from the finish line, but Wednesday brought an important milestone: A key senator's highly-anticipated proposal echoing many of the reforms that President Obama is calling for.
Small businesses have shed an estimated 1.6 million jobs this year. That leaves the remaining staffers to pick up the workload left behind -- and even bosses are pitching in. With their employee rosters cut to the bone, business owners are going back to the basics, re-learning to do tasks they may not have handled in years.
Gold prices settled Wednesday at their highest point as the dollar slumped and inflation concerns boosted demand for the metal as a hedge against rising prices.
Gold prices settled at an all-time high Wednesday as the dollar slumped and inflation concerns boosted demand for the metal as a hedge against rising prices.
An index of home builders' confidence rose in September for the third month in a row, but an industry group said Wednesday the fragile recovery in the residential real estate market could be cut short if a popular government tax credit isn't extended.
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee unveiled a summary of his long-awaited health-care reform bill Wednesday, setting the stage for a legislative showdown on President Obama's top domestic priority.