Macy's and the union representing workers at its flagship Manhattan store and three other New York locations reached a tentative contract agreement Thursday following all-night negotiations.

The Social Security Administration made $6.5 billion in overpayments in 2009, including $4 billion under a supplemental income program for the very poor.

Health insurer Humana Inc. said Wednesday the Government Accountability Office upheld its contract to provide coverage for active duty and retired military members and their families in several Southern states.

A war of words has erupted in New Jersey over a proposal to require public workers to pay more for health benefits.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage is "encouraged" by $6.1 billion budget that emerged from the Legislature's Appropriations Committee.

With a government shutdown looming, one Minnesota state worker who expected his layoff notice Friday said he thinks he can last about a month without a paycheck but that he will be worried if the budget stalemate at the Capitol stretches longer than that.

A new lawsuit has been filed involving a financially troubled Missouri fund for injured workers.

UBS Financial Services agreed to pay Indiana regulators $677,000 on Thursday to settle a claim that it sold "unsuitable investments" to a now defunct teachers union health care trust.