WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing p...
McClatchy Newspapers | TOny Pugh | Posted 07.19.2008 | Business
Driven by a sour economy and skittish consumers, U.S. business bankruptcies saw their sharpest quarterly rise in two years, jumping 17 percent in the ...
New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 07.13.2008 | Business
As home prices continue to decline and loan defaults mount, federal regulators are bracing for dozens of American banks to fail over the next year. B...
New York Times | Stephen Labaton | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business
Federal policy makers have concluded that the turmoil plaguing the housing and financial markets is likely to spill deep into 2009, becoming one of th...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 07.03.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The nation lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in June, a storm of pink slips drenching this year's July Fourth holiday for more t...
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street resumed its sell-off Wednesday after oil hit a new record and a bearish analyst report renewed concerns that General Moto...
Crossing Wall Street | Eddy Elfenbein | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business
The Dow closed at 11,453.42 which means the index is now in the red for the millennium. The Dow closed December 31, 1999 at 11,497.12. Of course, tha...
New York Times | Louis Uchitelle | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business
The Federal Reserve's policy makers ratcheted up their worries about inflation on Wednesday without abandoning their view that the American economy is...
AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business
DETROIT — Faced with a continuing plunge in pickup truck and sport utility vehicle sales, Ford Motor Co. on Friday tried to deal with the mess b...
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street sank Wednesday for the second straight day on renewed concerns about the financial sector and FedEx Corp.'s warning that ...
Treehugger.com | Christine Lepisto | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green
Are Producers Helping You to Stay on Budget? USA Today recently headlined a shocking review of the big name food companies that are trying to beat r...
New York Times | Edward Wong | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business
BEIJING -- Not long ago, Chinese officials sat across conference tables from American officials and got an earful. The Americans scolded the Chinese ...
Danny Schechter | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business
The US does not have energy independence or, for that matter, financial independence. Why? Partly because we live as if we are an island empire in an interdependent world.
AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Crude oil futures swung wildly on Monday, rising to a record and then tumbling as investors wrestled with whether they should put sto...
Reuters | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is boosting its European presence with plans to license 150 new locations in Br...
GreenBiz.com | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green
LONDON, UK -- While the United Kingdom has seen job losses throughout the finance and property sectors, there has been a rise in jobs related to clima...
Fortune | Devin Leonard | Posted 06.10.2008 | Business
NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Brian Tierney was pretty cocky when he and a group of investors bought the Philadelphia Inquirer and its sister, the tabloid Dai...
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street tumbled Friday, taking the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points, on a pair of alarming economic developments: oil...
Planet Green | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green
There is a whole sub-culture within the personal finance world that is dedicated to frugal living (reducing your living expenses), and a lot of what w...
ChicagoBusiness.com | Emily Bryson York | Posted 06.03.2008 | Business
(Crain's) -- With sky-high commodity costs, an increase in minimum wage and consumers trading down to lower-price items, McDonald's owner/operators ar...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The economy logged slightly better _ but weak _ growth in the first quarter, spurred by improved sales of U.S. products overseas. W...
AP | JOSH FUNK | Posted 05.05.2008 | Business
OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaires Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger say the pain many financial institutions are feeling because of the credit crunch i...
New York Times | PETER S. GOODMAN and MICHAEL GRYNBAUM | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business
The American economy remained stuck in the slow lane over the first three months of the year, expanding by a modest 0.6 percent annualized rate, the C...
CBS News | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
According to a new poll by CBS News, 89% of Americans think that the Iraq War has contributed to the country's economic problems. Americans surveyed ...
New York Times | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.21.2008 | Business
In Seattle, sales at a long-established hardware store, Pacific Supply, are suddenly dipping. In Oklahoma City, couples planning their weddings are de...
An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle,...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
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BERLIN -- On what used to be the East German side of the Brandenburg Gate, Linnea and...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
AP | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics