Government And Institutions

European leaders told Greece on Friday to return to the negotiating table for "intensive work" to wrap up a reform agreement before cash runs out, sidestepping Athens' demand for a comprehensive, long-term solution to its troubles.

U.S. stocks edged higher in early trading.

A closely-watched survey shows employers in the eurozone hiring extra staff at the fastest rate in four years even though growth momentum waned in May for the second straight month.

Republican senators have advanced legislation that would ease rules on smaller banks and other requirements of the landmark law reining in Wall Street and the financial industry after the 2008 crisis.

President Barack Obama says his trade agenda took "a big step forward" Thursday when it cleared a key Senate hurdle.

The IRS is refunding a total of $10 million to thousands of tax preparers who paid to take a competency test.

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Asian stock markets were lackluster Thursday after China's economy showed new signs of weakness and Fed minutes shed little light on the timing of a U.S. interest rate hike.

California farmers who hold rights to water that date back as far as the Gold Rush are bracing for their first state-ordered conservation in decades, as a record drought prompts some of the deepest cuts yet in the country's most productive agricultural state.

California farmers who hold rights to water that date back as far as the Gold Rush are bracing for their first state-ordered conservation in decades, as a record drought prompts some of the deepest cuts yet in the country's most productive agricultural state.

Officials say more than 7,700 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretches across 9 miles of California coast — just a fraction of the crude that escaped from a broken pipeline.

BHP Billiton has agreed to pay $25 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it violated anti-bribery laws by paying for the travel packages of government officials during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

A House committee has voted to get rid of labels on packages of meat that say where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered.

Farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta who have California's oldest water rights are proposing to voluntarily cut their use by 25 percent to avoid the possibility of even harsher restrictions by the state later this summer as the record drought continues.

Small businesses aren't in the dire straits they were four years ago, but presidential candidates aren't letting go of an issue they think will get them votes.

Four big banks will pay $2.5 billion in fines and plead guilty to criminally manipulating the global currency markets going back to 2007.

It took a price cut to generate a run on Chevrolet's 2015 Spark EV, with savvy car buyers realizing the lower price and federal electric vehicle tax credit can make for a super deal.

U.S. stocks are drifting mostly lower in early trading as the market comes off its latest record high.

A senior State Department official says Cuba has established a banking relationship in the U.S., clearing a major obstacle to re-establishing diplomatic relations.

The panel created to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis says banks and other financial institutions are stronger now but regulators must remain alert to new risks including the danger posed from cyberattacks.