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A proposal to end guaranteed pensions for new teachers, state and county workers and other public employees began moving through the Florida Legislature on Thursday.

Union leaders are rolling out a 14-city campaign to mobilize support for President Barack Obama's immigration overhaul plans.

Greenlight Capital is suing Apple in federal court in New York over attempts to eliminate preferred stock at the world's most valuable company.

A bill scheduled for consideration today in the Government Operations Subcommittee of the Florida House of Representatives would weaken a healthy retirement system, raise taxpayer costs and force more Floridians to rely on social services, according to opponents.

Reflecting gains in financial markets, investment manager KKR & Co.s fourth-quarter profit grew as it marked up the value of the companies and other assets it owns, and earned more fees from them.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it has resumed borrowing now that Congress has approved a temporary measure that allows the government to take on billions of dollars in debt to fund its most basic operations.