Business_Finance

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CarMax, the nation's largest used-car retailer with 123 outlets, reported strong second-quarter earnings Tuesday. CEO Tom Folliard said he wants to continue to expand, and plans to hire about 1,000 employees, particularly detailers and experienced technicians. (Associated Press)

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Burger King says its new "Satisfries" (pictured) have 20 percent fewer calories than its regular fries. (AP Photo/Burger King, Noel Barnhurst)

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Burger King says its new french fries, dubbed "Satisfries," have 20 percent fewer calories than its regular fries. Satisfries will cost about 30 cents more than regular fries. (AP Photo/Burger King, Noel Barnhurst)

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** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, file photo, Hostess Brands Wonder breads are displayed at a grocery store in Santa Clara, Calif. Flowers Foods Inc., which bought Wonder from the now-defunct Hostess Brands, says the bread started returning to supermarket shelves Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

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"The government and those employed by it will face significant fiscal challenges next year, and now is not the time for a federal spending extravaganza," said fiscal hawk Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican. (Associated Press)

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Pictured is Chinese tycoon Wang Jianlin, who plans to spend $8 billion building a Chinese version of Hollywood. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

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Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, Louisiana Democrat, could be the swing vote in committee that decides the fate of Ron Binz, the president's nominee to be chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Associated Press)

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Although the nearly $1 billion fine is just a fraction of JPMorgan's $2.4 trillion in assets, the loose trading practices exposed by the "London Whale" scandal that led to a $6 billion loss has hurt the bank's reputation. "JPMorgan Chase appears to be accepting the fine as a form of penance," said Brian Gunia, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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"The ultimate goal is clear — to have a financial system that is less prone to instability and better able to serve the real economy," the IMF's Christine Lagarde said Thursday at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. (Associated Press)