The cost of living in the US rose slightly in May as higher energy costs were offset by the first drop in food prices in almost four years, signalling inflation remains at bay.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will seek more admissions of wrongdoing from defendants as a condition of settling enforcement cases, the agency's chairman said.

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King will return to the scene of some of his most acidic public encounters today for the annual occasion that helped define his relationship with Britain's banking industry.

BRUSSELS - European antitrust officials on Wednesday fined a group of drug companies, including Denmark's Lundbeck, a total of 146 million euros, or $195 million, for colluding to delay market entry of a less-expensive generic version of a blockbuster ...

(CNN) -- America's first permanent English settlement, a military club for African-American officers, an unused airline terminal and Houston's Astrodome have all been labeled "endangered" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.