Ylan Mui

Former Fed chief to give sworn testimony in shareholder lawsuit over the government’s bailout of AIG

Associated Press

Sears’ fourth-quarter loss narrowed as the operator of Sears and Kmart stores lowered expenses and reduced inventory.

Jena McGregor

Businesses’ highly public role in the debate in Arizona represented a big shift from even a few years ago.

Brian Fung

The use of data and analytics could lead to discrimination against minorities, activists say.

Associated Press

Best Buy returned to a profit in the fourth quarter and topped Wall Street expectations as it cut costs to offset declining sales.

Kathy Orton

The 30- and 15-year fixed rates wander upward while adjustable rates ease

Associated Press

American businesses ordered fewer durable manufactured goods in January.

Associated Press

The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits rose 14,000 last week.

Max Ehrenfreund

For many years, Washington and Sacramento have subsidized the water farmers use to irrigate.

Evan Soltas

Wonkbook’s Top 5 Stories: (1) America is changing; (2) Camp’s tax reform ideas; (3) a link between growth and inequality; (4) oh, the fake Obamacare horror; and (5) no real debate over climate change.

Brian Fung

Plus, Obama keeps NSA public comments a secret, and how Airbnb prices its rooms for rent.

Cecilia Kang

Paul Margie helps set up emergency phone and Internet service for relief group Telecoms Sans Frontieres.

Jena McGregor

In a Gallup survey, 9 percent of business leaders said a job candidate’s degree was ‘very important’ when it came to hiring.

Lori Montgomery

Prospects are slim for passing the plan, which was drafted by Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and would significantly reduce rates for individuals and corporations and jettison popular tax deductions.

Dina ElBoghdady

The disparity has remained constant for years and is unlikely to change as the recovery progresses.

Steven Mufson

Environmental groups had complained that consultants had ties to the industry.

Michelle Singletary

On March 5, personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary leads a discussion on how to set up and stick to a budget.

Zachary Goldfarb

Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is out with a widely anticipated proposal to overhaul the tax code. Here are four charts that explain the impact of the proposal on taxpayers and the economy.

Ylan Mui

The St. Louis Fed says young families have regained only a third of the wealth lost during the recession. Why?

Associated Press

U.S. sales of new homes rebounded in January to the fastest pace in more than five years, offering hopes that housing could be regaining momentum after a slowdown last year caused by rising interest rates.

Brian Fung

How should consumers be protected from an American Mt. Gox? Regulators may need to face that question sooner rather than later.

Zachary Goldfarb

The nation is celebrating this morning news that the obesity rate for children age 2 to 5 plummeted over the last decade. But one of the sadder parts of the study was that the nation’s obesity rate is a reflection of the nation’s racial divide: Blacks and Hispanics suffer much higher levels of obesity compared to whites.

Howard Schneider

If President Obama’s trade agenda crashes in a heap put the blame on Kevin Spacey’s machinations in “House of Cards.“

Associated Press

Stocks were moving between small gains and losses in early trading Thursday as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen began her testimony to the Senate Banking Committee. Investors were also looking over quarterly results from several U.S. retailers and other companies. Best Buy and J.C. Penney were among the early gainers.