U.S. companies modestly added jobs in August, easing concerns that the nation might slip back into a recession. The latest jobs report released by the Labor Department today is better than expected.

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Where the jobs are now, and where they’ll be next

As state and local funding for education dries up, schools around the nation are asking their communities to help them maintain their services and programming.

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Cash-strapped schools turn to volunteers to fill budget gaps

As state and local funding for education dries up, schools around the nation are asking their communities to help them maintain their services and programming.

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Broke schools turn to volunteers

For a promotion and entertainment company, Live Nation has had a tough time doing either with much success. Instead, over the last year, it’s been battered by regulators, goaded by class action lawyers, sued by rock stars, virtually ignored by analysts, and despised by fans fed up with paying for hidden fees in tickets, only to fork over even more for overpriced T-shirts and beer. Worse still, Live Nation still can’t seem to make any money, reporting both unexpectedly large losses and revenue declines earlier this month.

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Live Nation’s tin ear

Pressure continues to mount on President Obama to select Elizabeth Warren as the nation’s first consumer financial protection regulator.

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Pressure mounts for ‘Sheriff’ Elizabeth Warren

MCLEAN, Va.—-Capital One Small Business Banking today released the results of its Small Business Barometer survey for the second quarter of 2010. The quarterly survey polls small businesses across the nation, gauging their current financial condition and business projections for the next six months.

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Capital One Bank Releases Results of its National Small Business Barometer Survey (Business Wire)

If you’re getting a mortgage in New York, bring a fat checkbook to the closing table: Closing costs there are the highest in the nation, according to a survey by mortgage website Bankrate.com.

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New York’s No. 1 in home closing costs

Consumers drive more than two-thirds of the nation’s economy, and with growth hard to spot these days, it’s easy to place the blame on stingy spenders. But that’s a mistake.

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Don’t blame the consumer

Higher taxes on the nation’s top wage earners could give a needed jolt to the struggling U.S. economy.

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Will ‘tax the rich’ save the economy?

So many words … so little clarity.

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FinReg: More questions than answers