Steve Chiotakis

European officials meeting in Brussels today have reportedly agreed to an Iranian oil embargo. It's the latest move by the west to punish Iran for its nuclear ambitions.

Fewer people lined up for unemployment line -- and for unemployment benefits -- last week and payroll company ADP says private employment jumped by 325,000 in December.

Kodak's gotten a warning from the New York Stock Exchange that it will get booted off the big board if it can't boost its average stock price above a dollar a share.

Yahoo has named Scott Thompson, formerly of PayPal, as its new CEO. Will his skills transfer to the Internet giant?

The president plans to use a recess appointment to name Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

While some banks are being encourage to lend more, pressure is also coming from regulators to crack down on riskier customers.

All eyes are on Iowa today as caucuses there start Republicans on their quest toward the presidential nomination. What does today mean for the state of Iowa?

China has unveiled plans for space exploration over the next five years. The country says it'll launch space laboratories, manned spaceships, and an eventual goal of building a space station and putting a man on the moon.

The Labor Department says jobless claims were up by 15,000 last week, to 381,000. But as Richard DeKaser explains, the bigger picture still shows things looking up in the job market.

The U.S. government could soon bring criminal charges against some BP employees in the company's huge 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.