Practices that produced record profits for many banks have led millions of Americans to the brink.

Oil prices dropped sharply last week, and the stock market rallied after four weeks of losses.

It is becoming increasingly clear which nation global corporations will be rooting for at this summer’s Olympics: China.

With high name recognition and a place among the world’s banking leaders, Citigroup hardly needed the Citi name plastered on a ballpark.

Robots already cut the grass and vacuum rugs. Now they are helping with a more artistic job: creating vast photographic panoramas with ordinary cameras.

The housing market morass has created a new class of real estate investors: the unintentional landlords.

Today’s lenders often sell the loans they make to investors, making it nearly impossible for homeowners to discover whom they should contact about a delinquency.

In their new book, Alicia H. Munnell and Steven A. Sass argue that we may have to work longer and retire later if we want to avoid a decline in our standard of living.

No matter who sits in the Oval Office next year, there won’t be many degrees of freedom in the federal budget. The main problem: Medicare.

The ultimate reassurance about the national economy: If debt stopped Americans from consuming, the pain would go global.