Excessive regulation has been called the reason the private sector isn't creating jobs, but that is a political slogan and it doesn't square up with the evidence.

Money always does something. It is always being used to enable the functions an economy needs. By taxing the rich, all that is achieved is a transfer of wealth from the private sector to the public sector.

WASHINGTON — Companies ordered more machinery, computers and communication equipment in August, a positive sign for the slumping U.S. economy. ...

With college costs rising and state budgets at the breaking point, everyone is talking about how to make colleges and universities run more like businesses. But the real trend? Businesses are becoming more like research universities.

Property rents for businesses will continue their downward fall this year, a bright spot for retailers facing a difficult economic environment, accord...

WASHINGTON (AP/HuffPost)-- Bankruptcy filings in federal courts jumped by more than one-third this year, as businesses and individuals struggled to re...

The earthquake in Haiti will cost the nation's economy at least 15 percent of its gross domestic product, said Pamela Cox, the World Bank's vice presi...

In many firms creativity is seen to be an add-on rather than a must-have and is treated with Rodney Dangerfield levels of respect.

WASHINGTON — Battered by the financial meltdown, America's business community is anxiously calculating how Tuesday's presidential election will ...