U.S. and UK authorities are wrestling over $700 million in funds from MF Global customers that has been found in the failed futures and commodities trader's London operations.

Overworked and under pressure, fewer people are taking the time off from work that they're entitled to. Here's why you should.

Well, that was painful.

These Fortune 500 companies managed to go to the top in an up-and-down year.

Whether it's for pay or just the smiles, these real life Santas tell why they love their job.

The week ahead on Wall Street is expected to be quiet with many market players taking time off for the holidays.

Congress couldn't agree how to pay for a year-long extension of the payroll tax cut, federal unemployment benefits and an adjustment in Medicare physician pay.

Trying to get a strait answer to one of life's simplest questions.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' stock options have been cut in half for 2012 following a disastrous year.

Face.com is the biggest provider of facial recognition and detection software on the Internet.

Don't call it a comeback just yet, but investors brought holiday cheer to the stock markets pushing the S&P 500 back into positive territory for 2011 and the Dow up 6% for the year.

While some workers are worried about smaller paychecks next year, more than 1.4 million low-income earners will see their wages go up on New Year's Day.

Now that a congressional tax deal has been reached President Obama has one more tough call to make. He has 60 days to either approve or reject the controversial Keystone oil sands pipeline expansion project which has dogged his administration.

This time of year, familiar Salvation Army volunteers don a Santa's hat and stand on the street corner collecting loose change to feed the needy -- and every now and then they strike gold, literally.

The eleventh-hour agreement by Congress to extend the payroll tax cut is a victory for American consumers.

Five months after it opened its doors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is poised to begin the year without a Senate-confirmed director.

Whatever happened to Japan's plans to conquer the U.S. auto market? There's a lot of talk about the revival of the Detroit Three (Ford's dividend, Chrysler's new life, GM's small cars) but the once-feared Japanese Three and their smaller siblings are struggling. Pummeled by earthquakes at home and floods abroad, and punished by the strengthening of the Japanese yen, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan have been pummeled this year. News of their activities has been pushed to the back pages while Hyundai, Kia, and German automakers dominate the headlines.

The holidays aren't even over yet and shoppers are racking up returns already.

The competition was fierce in the race to be last. Surprise - the car at the bottom of the heap wasn't from Detroit.

The week ahead on Wall Street could be a choppy one, as investors remain worried about the debt crisis in Europe.

These baby boomers and seniors take on entrepreneurship in the latter part of their lives.

Slipping in a market Tim Cook identified as "an area of enormous opportunity"

Thousands of college students may soon feel a financial pinch and another 100,000 may not be able to complete degrees after Congress pushed ahead with changes to federal student aid, education experts said.

A Senate vote on a compromise spending bill to keep the government funded for the rest of the fiscal year is expected Saturday -- a day after the bill won approval from the House of Representatives.

The Senate is expected to vote Saturday on a proposal to extend the payroll tax cut by two months.

Douglas J. Elliott, who worked as an investment banker for two decades, is a fellow at the Brookings Institution.

France and Austria are seen as the most likely among their Europe neighbors to see their AAA credit ratings downgraded when S&P concludes its review.

Like taxes and regulations, technology can prove to be a real nightmare for small businesses. In fact, a recent study by online backup provider Carbonite found that 48 percent of American small businesses with between two and 20 employees experienced data loss this year, up from 42 percent in 2010.

Daniel Ruettiger, the basis of the inspirational sports movie "Rudy," has agreed to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission that he and some business associates schemed to deceive investors into buying stock in his sports drink company.