Microsoft offered the public its first meaningful peek at its new operating system Windows 8 on Tuesday at a conference for Windows developers.

The Obama administration estimates that the president's proposed American Jobs Act would support as many as 18,400 jobs in Minnesota and help some of the state's 71,000 long-term unemployed get back to work.

The economic outlook of European Union (EU) countries would remain dim, according to the 2011 Report on Public Finance released on Monday by the European Commission.

Joel Naroff, who again has won the National Association for Business Economics award for most accurate forecasting, wants politicians and the public to understand that not only does forecasting matter, but how it is done matters.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan said Monday the bank, largest in the United States, would trim annual costs by $5 billion.

Taxes on wealthy over 10 years will help pay for President Obama's jobs bill, the White House says.

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.

Hispanics make steady but slow inroads at nation's top postgraduate schools.

Much is at stake as companies warm to the idea of far-reaching inclusion.

The SBA 8(a) program helps women- and minority-owned companies compete for federal contracts.

Veronica Edwards has nurtured her medical staffing and consulting firm from revenues of $3.1 million in 2006 to $51.1 million in 2010.