On August 14, 1935 President Roosevelt signed Social Security into law, with the idea that it would “give some measure of protection to...

Wall Street will cut as much as 15% of its jobs over the next 18 months, according to analyst Meredith Whitney. That amounts to as many...

The global economy is forecast to grow 3.6% each year, and worldwide energy use is expected to grow 56% from 2010 to 2040, according to...

The city that was the cradle of the auto assembly line has hit bottom: last week Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in US...

From the Motley Fool, over the past 150 years: 33 recessions lasted a cumulative 48 years. The stock market fell more than 10% from a...