Prudential Financial has lost its appeal to shed greater government oversight, after regulators made a final decision that the insurer is one of a group of financial companies so big that they could threaten the financial system if they were to fail.

The federal government asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to decide whether Hobby Lobby and a Christian bookstore chain have to provide a wide range of birth control options for workers as part of the federal health care law.

Oklahoma lawmakers plan to launch a legislative study into proposed changes to the state's pension systems.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a popular Chicago-based restaurant chain for allegedly rarely hiring black job applications.

Maine Democrats on Tuesday relaunched their campaign to expand health care coverage to about 70,000 low-income residents under the federal health care overhaul, vowing to reintroduce a Medicaid expansion bill when they return in January.

Two weeks before enrollment opens, the only company selling health insurance plans through the new Affordable Care Act markets in New Hampshire has released broad examples aimed at giving consumers a sense of what their premiums might be.

Investors expect insurance enrollment through a key health care overhaul expansion to start slowly, and that could create a buying opportunity with some stocks.

Major health insurers are in line for another year of growth, as the health care overhaul implements key elements in its push to cover millions of uninsured people, according to a Barclays analyst.