SEC authorizes the firm to provide credit ratings for corporate issuers and financial institutions.

U.S. cities with paid sick-leave mandates have about 5 percent fewer cases of the flu.

Opinion: When tax planning transmutes your company into a citizen of no country at all, you're not being a good corporate citizen.

Technology behind bitcoin and other virtual currencies unfairly seen as insecure and susceptible to criminal activity, supporters say.

Fed report suggests interest rates will plateau around 1 percent for the next decadelimiting the Fed's ability to use rate cuts to soften the impact of future economic downturns.

'Solid performance' of labor market could still lead to rising interest rates in September.

As more investors begin to think interest rates will rise this year, yield is rising on short-dated Treasury notes.

Apple tax dispute highlights concerns that European pursuit of corporate tax repayments will transfer revenue from U.S. to EU coffers.