The U.S. Postal Service is offering buyouts to 45,000 mail handlers, part of the struggling agency's efforts to shed staff and cut costs.

As the summer driving season kicks off this holiday weekend, most Americans are enjoying lower gas prices than they might have expected when the spring began.

Farmers in Kansas are hitting the jackpot.

Girl Scouts are now getting more of what they want...and it's not just cookies.

European politicians are facing renewed criticism for being slow to respond as the debt crisis in the eurozone has taken a turn for the worse.

Many in the Class of 2012 find themselves without work after their college graduation. But those who landed jobs say internships are key.

The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits fell slightly last week.

China's manufacturing sector continued to shrink in May, according to preliminary data released Thursday.

Political gridlock. High national debt. Rock-bottom bond rates. An aging population. Warnings about more downgrades.

It doesn't feel like we're in Kansas anymore.

Sales of new homes are showing some signs of life, growing 3.3% month over month to an annualized rate of 343,000 in April, according to a government report released Wednesday.

The World Bank said a slowdown in China will drag on growth in the entire East Asia-Pacific region.

Trillions in looming tax hikes and spending cuts. Washington saber-rattling over the debt ceiling. A slowdown in the world's second largest economy.

Trillions of dollars in looming tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect next year would likely cause a recession, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion losses, the regulator was expected to tell a Senate panel on Tuesday.

It's not Greece that poses a problem for the United States. It's the contagion that would spread if Greece exits the eurozone that would pose the greatest risks.

Europe's sovereign debt crisis risks derailing the global economic recovery, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned Tuesday.

Fitch Ratings cut Japan's sovereign rating Tuesday, citing the nation's rising debt and credit risk.

Wow. So here we are again.

As Iran continues to grapple with the West over its nuclear ambitions, experts say the nation could double its already sizable oil output if sanctions were lifted to allow foreign investment into its oil industry.