Posted: 12:56 PM Federal investigators say Exxon Mobil Corp.'s delayed response to a pipeline break beneath Montana's Yellowstone River made the spill far worse than it otherwise would have been.

Updated: 9:04 AM Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street after lawmakers averted sweeping cuts in government spending and with a last-minute budget deal.

Updated: 9:04 AM The price of oil jumped by over a dollar on Wednesday, to above $93 a barrel, after U.S. lawmakers passed legislation to avoid a "fiscal cliff" that could have pushed the world's biggest economy into recession.

Posted: 8:49 AM U.S. banks are ending the year with their best profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the 2008 financial crisis. They're helping support an economy slowed by high unemployment, flat pay, sluggish manufacturing and anxious consumers.

Posted: 10:20 AM An undisclosed customer ordered 6 of the Learjet model 75 business jets, which are manufactured in Wichita.

Posted: 8:39 AM The average number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing.

Posted: 2:36 PM US home prices rose in most major cities in October compared with a year ago

Posted: 9:50 AM A federal appeals court has denied Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby's request to block a portion of the federal health care law that requires the company provide insurance coverage for emergency contraception pills.

Posted: 10:01 AM General Motors will spend $5.5 billion to buy back 200 million shares of its stock from the federal government.

Updated: 8:59 AM The year is rapidly coming to a close. That means it's time to sit ant the kitchen table and do a few things with an eye towards your taxes and retirement planning. Joe Udo From US news and World Report has some Suggestions

Updated: 11:07 AM Facebook isn't just for goofy pictures and silly chatter. Shoppers' actions online help dictate what's in stores this holiday season.

Posted: 10:39 AM A sporting goods chain says it's suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the school shooting in Connecticut.

Updated: 10:10 AM Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management is planning to sell its stake in Freedom Group, maker of the Bushmaster rifle, following the Newtown, Conn., school shootings.

Posted: 8:22 AM A federal judge has found that a proposed class-action settlement in a lawsuit by employees of a Kansas meatpacker is fair.

Updated: 8:55 PM Koch Industries has announced plans to expand in Wichita, adding new jobs and constructing a new building.

Posted: 11:44 AM The casino welcomed their first guests to the permanent building on Wednesday morning.

Updated: 11:34 AM British bank HSBC has agreed to pay $1.9 billion to settle a New York based-probe in connection with the laundering of money from narcotics traffickers in Mexico, U.S. authorities announced Tuesday.

Posted: 10:09 AM U.S. employers advertised more job in October than September, a hopeful sign that hiring could pick up in the coming months.

Posted: 8:37 AM Lottery officials say revenue from the Kansas Star Casino's first 10 months in operation has exceeded the revenue earned by the two other casinos in Kansas in about the same period.

Posted: 9:07 AM Stock indexes are opening modestly higher on Wall Street after the government reported jobs growth that was better than economists were expecting.

Posted: 8:39 AM U.S. workers were more productive this summer than initially thought, while costing their companies less.

Posted: 8:54 AM Stocks are mixed in early trading on Wall Street as budget talks continue in Washington.

Posted: 9:01 AM A better economy and havoc from Superstorm Sandy kept auto sales brisk in November.

Updated: 8:56 PM The Kansas Department of Revenue collected $2.6 million more in taxes this month than expected.

Posted: 10:37 AM During his visit to the Philadelphia area today, President Barack Obama is planning on insisting on higher taxes for the top two percent of earners.