Assurant Inc. says it will sell or shut down its health insurance division that has struggled financially since the introduction of the federal Affordable Care Act.

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The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that some of the 2013 cuts to public-employee retirement benefits are unconstitutional, wiping out much of the savings lawmakers were aiming for and likely raising pension costs for state and local governments.

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Albuquerque’s former police chief potentially violated city and state ethics rules by influencing a no-bid $1.95 million contract to purchase body cameras before going to work as a consultant for the supplier, the New Mexico state auditor reported Thursday.

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The IRS has taken “significant actions” to stop agents from targeting political groups based on their names and policy positions, according to a report issued Thursday by the government watchdog who disclosed the inappropriate activity two years ago.

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The Justice Department is seeking criminal charges against Lumber Liquidators in an ongoing investigation over imported products.

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The recession isn’t a dim memory for many small businesses.

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A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that federal judges have authority to make sure the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is trying hard enough to settle charges of job discrimination before filing lawsuits against employers.

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Federal regulators have taken a step toward requiring public companies to show the relationship between the compensation of their top executives and the company’s financial performance.

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These days, people pay piles of cash to pamper their pets, but problems remain on the farm and in the slaughterhouse, on movie sets and at animal shelters — even in the wild.

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Bell Helicopter says its decision to trim jobs from its global workforce won’t affect plans to hire workers at a $26.3 million plant in Louisiana.

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