Money

BB&T and SunTrust have agreed to merge into a new and as-yet-unnamed bank, in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $66 billion.

And because need for financial help doesn't disappear after April 15, consider these options for benefits and legal assistance for disputes involving taxes, too.

Republicans say they’re keeping an open mind — but their initial reactions indicate a gradual hike to $15 may may be a pipe dream in Pennsylvania.

Blockchain technology isn’t as widely used as it could be, largely because blockchain users don’t trust each other, as research shows.

Homeownership rates for people ages 24 to 32 dropped nearly 9 percentage points between 2005 and 2014 — effectively driving down homeownership rates overall.

One possible reaction to this rejection of corporate money in politics: So what?

N.J. pension officials are finalizing a $100 million stake in a private-equity fund to buy and lease farmland in West, Midwest and the Mississippi Delta.

The economy is growing at a "solid rate" and inflation is hovering near the Federal Reserve's target, the central bank said Wednesday.

Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey are pushing a bill that would require “dark money” groups that support political candidates or causes to disclose their donors.

Most hourly N.J. workers could be earning at least $15 by 2024 under a plan nearing final votes.

The Fed defined ghosting on the job as "a situation where a worker stops coming to work without notice and then is impossible to contact."

The fee Pennsylvania collects from natural gas drillers is expected to reach a record $247 million this year, according to figures released Thursday by the IFO.

A key legislative committee approved a bill that would raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $10 later this year and put the state on a path to having the wage reach $15 by 2024.

A New Jersey-based company is defending plans to build a multibillion-dollar facility in the New Mexico desert to store spent fuel from commercial nuclear reactors.

Pennsylvania's Agriculture Department is opening up its hemp program, pending approval from the federal government.