Author: Janna Herron, USA TODAY

Creditors are offering assistance for federal workers. For many, it’s the first time they have rolled a nationwide plan for a government shutdown.

U.S. stock markets are closed on Monday to observe Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon weighs in on the government shutdown’s potential impact and the next recession.

This week, 800,000 furloughed federal workers and their families are bracing for at least one missed paycheck. This is what they’re doing.

The Manhattan penthouse belonging to hedge fund manager Steven Cohen is now listed for $70 million less than its original price.

The Dow jumps 700 points, buoyed by a jobs report that exceeded expectations and soothing words from the Fed chair.

Workers in as many as 22 states, including California and New York, plus the District of Columbia will get higher minimum wages next year.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 is now 19.77 percent off its Sept. 20 high.A bear market is when an index falls 20 percent or more from its recent high.

Stocks dropped again on Friday, capping a devastating week as investors succumbed to fears of rising rates, slowing growth and a looming shutdown.