NEW YORK — No good news today on the economic front. Consumer confidence plunged, the wholesale inflation rate soared, the number of homes being...
Bloomberg | Courtney Schlisserman, Bob Willis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The two-year housing slump pushing the U.S. economy toward a recession hasn't alleviated inflation pressures, reports today showed. Consumer prices r...
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street capped a week of big gains with another sizable advance Friday after investors set aside anxiety over news that the econo...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — In a shower of pink slips, U.S. employers cut jobs last month for the first time in more than four years, the starkest signal yet t...
AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Wall Street plunged again Friday after the government's much-anticipated employment report showed weaker-than-expected job growth and a rise in the u...
AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Wall Street closed narrowly mixed Thursday as investors traded cautiously ahead of the Labor Department's Friday reading on December employment. Infla...
AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Stocks rose moderately Thursday after a report of an increase in new jobs during December eased some concerns about the economy a day before the Labor...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Consumer inflation surged by the largest amount in more than two years in November, led by gasoline prices. The cost of clothing, airline tickets and ...
AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Stocks fell Friday after a jump in consumer inflation raised concerns about how much freedom the Federal Reserve has to continue cutting interest rate...
Washington Post | Elizabeth Williamson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Political operatives in the Department of Labor are using federal reporting requirements to undermine trade unions and conduct a "political misinforma...
AP | Joe Bel Bruno | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Wall Street paused from its big rally Friday, with the major indexes fluctuating after the government's November labor report showed tepid job growth ...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Employers added a solid 94,000 jobs to their payrolls in November, the unemployment rate held steady at 4.7 percent and wages grew briskly, encouragin...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business