Government And Institutions

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a North Carolina case over whether U.S. states can delegate the regulation of professions such as dentistry, plumbing and more to boards of practitioners drawn from those occupations.

Top U.S. and British bank regulators, including Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, have taken part in an exercise to see how they would handle the failure of a large multinational bank and communicate with each other.

Low-level radioactive material is being cleaned from a Boise apartment, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating why the two people who lived there had it.

One-fourth of U.S. adults with private health insurance don't have much confidence in their ability to pay for a major, unexpected medical expense.

A North Carolina judge says Charlotte will maintain control of one of the nation's busiest airports instead of a commission pushed by state Republican lawmakers.

Toledo's mayor isn't about to pick a fight with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, even if it pulls Jeep Wrangler production out of the city where the vehicle's roots date to World War II.

Frecnch economist Jean Tirole has won the Nobel prize for economics for research on market power and regulation.

World financial leaders are pledging to act boldly and ambitiously to give a weak and uneven global recovery some momentum, but they have often fallen short in the past when trying to follow through on their promises.

The United States is expressing frustration that a number of countries are not doing enough to boost growth in their economies as finance ministers from the world's largest economies conveyed determination to prevent a slide into another global recession.

Ohio's job picture appears rosy overall, yet some residents have not felt the effects.

A proposal to build a $3.7 billion pipeline carrying natural gas from Alabama into Florida is raising protests from Georgia landowners.

Federal regulators should consider further regulations on electronic cigarettes on airplanes, the state's top fire official said after his office recently concluded one of the devices caused a small fire on a plane at Logan Airport.

Sears Holdings Corp. is announcing a data breach at its Kmart stores that started in early September.

The Pennsylvania attorney general's office and two other agencies asked a judge Friday to order Highmark Inc. to let participants in its new plan for seniors use doctors who work for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

New Jersey's senate president says the state will not contribute anything to billionaire Carl Icahn's bid to acquire the Trump Taj Mahal casino and keep it open.

The main casino workers' union in Atlantic City has made a counteroffer to the owners of the Trump Taj Mahal casino, proposing reduced pension contributions.

California's chief utility regulator, under fire over accusations of secret dealings with the state's largest utility, says he will not seek reappointment when his term ends at the end of the year.

Oshkosh Corp. said Thursday that it plans to lay off about 370 workers from its unit that makes military vehicles.

Fossil fuel and wind power companies are focusing on America's East Coast as a coming energy hub and industry representatives said Thursday they want politicians to ease up regulatory restraints in return for the promise of jobs and tax revenues.

Autoworkers in Ohio are on edge with word Chrysler is considering moving production of its beloved Jeep Wrangler out of Toledo.