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Standard Chartered has agreed to pay a fine of $340 million to the New York Department of Financial Services after superintendent Benjamin M. Lawsky charged the bank with hiding more than 60,000 financial transactions amounting to more than $250 billion for Iranian state-owned banks.

The state of Illinois faces at least $83 billion in unfunded liability between its five pension systems, and is on track to spend more on its government pensions than on education by 2016, a new study released by Governor Pat Quinn’s office says.

There are more than 500,000 apps available for the iPhone and the iPad tablet, and it turns out many of them can help you get a job.

A study by Duke University researchers found that CEOs are more likely to be rated as “competent”, and actually make more money, based just on appearance.  

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is now taking up the GOP’s challenge to pay more out of his own pocket to cut the deficit -- but he wants the GOP to match his donations.

Is the positive December jobs report validation for the Obama Administration adding the equivalent of two Russias in deficit spending? Think again.

In a perfect world, your kick-booty resume, smiling personality and years of business school are all that is needed to show the hiring world you are the one they  need.  If only it worked that way!

Plenty of Americans are finding themselves in this “gray area” of being either over-qualified or under-qualified for open positions. Here are some ideas to get you through until the jobs market improves.

Moody’s Investors Service now says the personal income tax revenues generated by Facebook's IPO are 'credit positive for the state.'

One of the most difficult transitions American workers are having to make right now is the prospect of taking a lower-paying job. At this point in the unemployment cycle, it is not uncommon for job seekers to have to take a job for which they are overqualified. 

From Palm Coast, Fla. to Las Vegas, the cities that saw some of the fastest population growth last decade are now falling behind.

Taxpayers in Arizona taxpayers reportedly spend $125 million each year funding more than 13,000 students who don’t exist at public schools.

According to the latest statistics from the Labor Department and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, job growth was stronger for women in the month of March. 

There are unseemly food fights breaking out in politics and on Wall Street, all of which show no one has yet to corner the market on impenetrably absurd behavior.

For all the White House talk about how you must pay your “fair share” in taxes to help pay down the $15 trillion deficit, at a time when Americans are struggling to find work, have you seen how many federal workers aren’t paying federal taxes at all?

Exclusive: The IRS is initiating a preliminary inquiry to see whether nonprofits -- including labor unions -- are breaking tax laws by not paying what they owe.

According to the IRS, you may deduct amounts you spend to 'collect taxable income, to maintain, manage or conserve property held to produce taxable income, or any fees you pay to determine, contest, pay, or claim a refund of any tax.' Here's what qualifies.  

According to the IRS, you may deduct amounts you spend to 'collect taxable income, to maintain, manage or conserve property held to produce taxable income, or any fees you pay to determine, contest, pay, or claim a refund of any tax.' Here's what qualifies.  

Exclusive: BlackRock is weighing what action it should take, if any, in light of allegations that major global banks manipulated a key interest rate that could have depressed investment returns for many of its customers.

If the U.S. took all the adjusted gross income of all millionaires, it would only pay for 2-1/2 to 3 months of federal spending, according to FOX News analysts.