NEW YORK -- Wall Street tumbled Tuesday after oil prices spiked to a new record above $129 a barrel and a government report raised investors' concerns about the impact of inflation on consumer spending. The Dow Jones industrials fell more than 200 points.

The unemployment rate edged down in April and employers cut far fewer jobs than expected, according to a government report yesterday, the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is undergoing a mediocre spell, rather than a disastrous downturn.

NEW YORK -- Treasury prices were mostly lower Monday as investors digested more worrisome news in the banking sector and a government report that showed retail sales moved higher in March.

A new government report predicts when each will go into the red, but the candidates appear reluctant to touch the subject matter. With the presidential campaign going full tilt, a new government report on a big national problem is usually followed by volleys of rhetoric from the candidates. But on Tuesday, when the annual report on the precarious state of Medicare and Social Security came out, the reaction was not exactly deafening.

Banks are failing to provide consumers with information about fees on savings and checking accounts even though federal rules require such disclosures, according to a government report to be released tomorrow.

PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale (SOGN.PA), the French bank hit by a trading scandal, faced further pressure on Monday with a government report set to criticize its risk control and as an unrelated money-laundering trial starts.

Based on the amount of income that Americans fail to report every year - $345 billion, according to one government report - millions of Americans have little fear of a government audit.

NEW YORK -- Wall Street finished an erratic week narrowly mixed Friday after a government report of a steep decline in new home sales stirred concerns that weakness in housing will continue to dog the economy. The major indexes lost ground for the week.

NEW YORK -- Wall Street finished an erratic week narrowly mixed Friday after a government report of a steep decline in new home sales stirred concerns that weakness in housing will continue to dog the economy. The major indexes lost ground for the week.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, the average cholesterol level for U.S. adults is in the ideal range, according to a new government report.