Obama's push to increase the minimum wage could cost the country about nearly 500,000 jobs by 2016, according to a Congressional Budget Office report.
There appears to be a huge disconnect between what the White House is saying about the economy and what Americans are experiencing.
Four and a half years have passed since the recession officially ended, but tens of millions of Americans are still out of work.
Investors are hoping for a better day on Wall Street, following Monday's 326-point drop of the Dow Jones industrial average.
For years, American families have accepted soaring tuition costs. But the recession has forced universities and students to see cost-cutting as a new way of life.
EPA regulations have forced the nation's only remaining primary lead smelter to close -- and we could soon feel its absence.
Target says as many as 70 million customers were affected by their pre-Christmas data breach, more than the chain had previously reported.
Janet Yellen will be the next Fed chief. Observers say her greatest challenge will be knowing when and how far to ease off the Fed policies that have helped the economy in recent years.
To save money, many families are once again checking out the value of "staycations" or smaller vacations closer to home.
Ramsey's problem was real estate, but for today's kids, it starts in college. Visit any campus and you'll hear a similar story; too much debt.