Stimulus aside, Obama vows future budget restraint

To a public wary of government spending, President-elect Barack Obama is offering a salve with his massive economic stimulus package: the promise of long-term fiscal discipline.

Budget-conscious lawmakers are pressing Obama to embrace deficit-reduction goals even as he promotes a spending and tax-cutting plan _ expected to cost about $775 billion _ to jolt the economy out of its downward spiral.

'Part of the discussion that needs to happen right now is not what we do just right now, but what we look to in the future _ about how we get back to a balanced budget and then start to deal with this horrible, horrible national debt that we have,' said Rep. Dennis Moore of Kansas, a member of the congressional Blue Dogs, a coalition of conservative and moderate Democrats.

State Budget Strains

Texas lawmakers next week will get their first glimpse of how much the national recession has hit the state.

Judge dismisses suits against Medtronic

St. Paul, Minn. - A federal judge in St. Paul has dismissed patient lawsuits against Fridley-based Medtronic in connection with a recall of the company's Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads in 2007.

Tenn. Unemployment Claims Jump Significantly

The growing number of people filing for jobless benefits is straining some state electronic unemployment systems.

Feds Order American To Reimburse 2 Pilots

American Airlines is ordered to reimburse two pilots who say they were penalized after claiming to be too sick to fly out of Lambert Airport in St.

Missouri Limits Jobless Benefits Hotline

Missourians seeking to extend jobless benefits will have to start doing that on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Department of Labor orders American to reimburse two pilots

The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered American Airlines to reimburse two pilots for sick time, interest and any other benefits associated with sick time.

NY adopts clean air rules, stricter than EPA's - AP

A A A' New York environmental regulators adopted stricter air pollution rules on Tuesday to prevent power plants and factories from belching out more smog and soot.

Tyson agrees to fine over worker death

The Justice Department says Tyson Foods Inc. has entered a guilty plea and will pay a $500,000 fine for violations that resulted in the death of a worker at a plant in Texarkana.

IDCG Launches Clearinghouse for OTC Interest Rate Swaps

International Derivatives Clearing Group, a majority owned, independently operated, subsidiary of The NASDAQ OMX Group, is officially launching its clearinghouse.

NYSE Officially De-lists Certain Tribune Co. Debt

CHICAGO The New York Stock Exchange followed up on its stop-trading order last month, officially notifying the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday that it has delisted some of Tribune Co.'s publicly ...

SEC promotes James Kroeker to acting chief accountant; latest in series of personnel moves

James Kroeker has been promoted to acting chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission to replace the retiring incumbent, the agency announced Tuesday.