US President Barack Obama sought to reassure Wall Street on Monday after a major rating agency downgraded the nation's credit rating.

Those economic experts who predicted that Standard & Poor's downgrade of U.S. debt would cause mortgage interest rates to rise were proven wrong Monday when instead mortgage rates fell.

Winning substantial gains at the bargaining table from automakers just became more difficult for the UAW.

Investors hammered Bank of America Corp. shares on Monday after insurer American International Group filed a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the Charlotte bank that further complicates chief executive Brian Moynihan's efforts to put the bank's mortgage woes behind it.

The torched skeletons of burnt-out buildings, a red double-decker bus in flames and looters forming orderly queues to pile TV plasma screens into their trollies -- the images of the 2011 London riots tell their own story.

As of now, Google+ has been around for a little more than a month. So what's next for the Silicon Valley giant's latest experiment? As of now, Google+ has been around for a little more than a month. So what's next for the Silicon Valley giant's latest experiment?

Hispanics are now the largest ethnic minority in the United States and during the past decade, U.S. Hispanic purchasing power has rapidly increased. This report takes an in depth look at how today's Hispanic Economy is transitioning into an economic power in the U.S. Click here for the executive summary and table of contents!

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States is expected to grow 41.8 percent in the next six years to 4.3 million, with total revenues surging 39 percent to more than $539 billion, according to new estimates by HispanTelligence. Spurred by growing entrepreneurial trends and affluence among the nation's largest minority population, the increase is expected to come at a robust rate of 8.5 and 8.7 percent, respectfully, over the next couple years.

Hispanic-owned companies make gains in 2010, but a balky economy continues to indicate recovery is not on a fast track.

The LULAC National Educational Service Centers Inc. (LNESC) is the spear point of a historic united effort to inspire students who might not otherwise have thought a college education was possible.

Hispanic dealers for domestic automobile brands in many markets are riding the momentum of 2010.

But how much and whom depends on who's talking and what yardstick is used.

More youthful population posed to have greater influence in all segments of American society.