Evoking "Joe the Plumber" in his pivotal home state, Republican John McCain on Sunday cast himself as the guardian of middle-class workers and small-business owners who fuel the economy.

NEW YORK — The U.S. government should ease regulations on private equity investments in financial services companies to make more money available to the business and help stabilize the economy, two executives at the Carlyle Group wrote in The Wall Stree

Erwin Chemerinsky says the episode, in which he was hired, fired and rehired, was the most difficult of his life. But it feels like ancient history now, he says. Erwin Chemerinsky, the constitutional law scholar hired, fired and rehired last year to be

WAILUKU This "working mommy" is going back to her old job. The Working Mommies snack and gifts store owner, Wendy Shishido, said she will close her store at the end of the month, citing the soft economy and rising costs as reasons to abandon the 14-year

Assemblyman L. Harvey Smith of Jersey City is among the sponsors of state legislation that would bar New Jersey from doing business with or giving grants to companies that outsource jobs overseas. Two Hudson County Democratic legislators are among the...