With some payday lenders already finding ways around a two-week-old law meant to curb predatory lending, South Carolina legislators said Tuesday they’ll try again to close loopholes and threatened to ban the industry outright if it doesn’t cooperate.

Icelandic officials on Monday met representatives of Britain and the Netherlands in London hoping to strike a new deal on returning $5.7 billion owed to the two countries following the collapse of the Icesave online bank.

BOTTOM LINE: Duke Energy’s fourth-quarter profit rises as cost cuts offset continued weak demand for electricity from its four million customers in the Midwest and the Carolinas.

Cost-cutting at Paramount Pictures boosted profits at media giant Viacom Inc., but advertisers remained cautious about spending money during the holiday quarter.

A bill that would force online retailers to pay the same Virginia sales taxes as traditional stores advanced Wednesday from a Senate committee.

A $1 billion construction projects package easily cleared the Minnesota Senate on Tuesday, despite a threat from Gov. Tim Pawlenty to veto a bill he called “unaffordable, irresponsible and filled with local projects.”

After the president delivered his State of the Union address detailing the state of the nation’s finances, I considered my own family’s finances. It turns out that my niggling credit-card debt is still alive and kicking, along with a few other financial behaviors that I thought I’d change for the new baby but haven’t.

The U.S. economy lost 20,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department said Friday, defying expectations for a slim gain. But the jobless rate…

Pulling suitcases and hefting heavy bags on their shoulders, millions of Chinese workers are boarding trains to head home for the Lunar New Year — a holiday that triggers the world’s biggest annual migration of people.

Visa easily beat profit estimates late Wednesday and reaffirmed its outlook for the next two years as consumers worldwide used debit cards instead…

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Haiti’s catastrophe has triggered an outpouring of support for the American Red Cross, which has raised more than $198 million dollars for its Haiti Relief and Development fund in just three weeks, far more than any other charitable organization.

Some Toyota customers are swearing off the brand, while others aren’t much worried about sticky gas pedals. For just about everybody, confusion reigns.

Chevron Corp. said Friday its fourth-quarter profit fell 37 percent as higher crude prices led to huge losses in its refining business.