The Westrock Group, a New York-based financial services firm with about $1.4 billion of assets under management, will become the first brokerage firm to be owned by a Native American tribe.

Customer satisfaction with products and services available to American consumers is high and increasing, according to the latest American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

Retrofitting 50 million buildings – about 40 percent of the building stock in the U.S. – by 2020 to make them energy efficient would create 625,000 permanent jobs in the U.S., John Podesta, CEO of the Center for American Progress, told CNBC.

Colleges across America are making sustainability a priority both in their academic offerings and their campus life. Here are the 15 greenest.

A cooperative healthcare plan is the only plan that has a the prospect of Senate passage, Sen. Kent Conrad, a member of the Senate Finance Committee (D-N.D.), told CNBC.

Hedge funds are recouping some of their former popularity, according to Hedge Fund Research, Inc. The firm found assets invested in hedge funds increased by $100 billion in the second quarter, the first increase since Q2 of 2008.

U.S. energy policy should encourage more conventional oil and gas exploration in addition to fostering the development of alternative energy resources, said Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, an advocacy group for the industry.

The glass is half full again in Toledo. The Ohio city once known as the glass-making capital of America is trying to forge a new identity as a solar-energy, green jobs metropolis of the future.

From the kiss-up to the back-stabber to the guy who calls out sick every Monday, every office has its share of crummy characters. A new book by Marc Hershon and Jonathon Littman, "I Hate People," wants to help stressed-out workers overcome those problem colleagues.

Over the last decade, green jobs in the US have experienced red-hot growth, according to a new study by Pew Charitable Trusts. The Clean Energy Economy report found green jobs grew at a pace nearly two-and-a-half times greater than overall jobs between 1998 and 2007, though they remain a tiny part of overall jobs.

The road has been bumpy for automakers, but Hyundai is trying to navigate the potholes by revving up its quality, advertising and perception.

Cities across the U.S. have recently seen a spike in bike commuters, and businesses from New York to San Francisco are taking notice.