Do you generally like bacon on your hot dog? Or pancake syrup with your sweet potato fries? ...more

February 5, 2009

Many banks have made it harder for borrowers to obtain all kinds of loans over the past three months despite a $700 billion federal bailout program and a flurry of other bold moves to stem the worst financial crisis to hit the country since the 1930s. ...more

February 3, 2009

The economy shrank at a 3.8 percent pace at the end of 2008, the worst showing in a quarter-century, as the deepening recession forced consumers and businesses to throttle back spending. ...more

January 30, 2009

As the global economic recession persists, many Europeans are talking about the end of capitalism. They forget that capitalism in Europe had already once given way - often violently - to statism and corporatism in the 1930s, to be revived in only a handful of countries in the 1980s. ...more

January 25, 2009

My Mickey Mouse child's tea set was given to me by my mother. The nine pieces are marked "Walt Disney Corp." What is it worth? ...more

December 28, 2008

The government's plan to heal the economy by making more credit available to people who have already acted irresponsibly is an exercise in futility and stupidity. ...more

November 29, 2008

Historical homes and traditional holiday hospitality are in store as Growing Great Moms presents its second annual "Christmas Tour of Homes" from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. ...more

November 29, 2008

The U.S. economy's health has completely deteriorated. Our market activity and that of our major global trade partners has slowed significantly, leading to a decrease in U.S. exports and consumer expenditures. America endured negative growth in GDP down to -.03 percent in the third quarter. The unemployment rate grew at an alarmingly rapid rate in the last quarter. When the fourth quarter statistics emerge, the U.S. economy will likely be in a full blown recession. ...more

November 25, 2008

News of economic turmoil bombards us at every turn these days. It may remind some elderly Americans of the fear that struck the nation at the start of the Great Depression. ...more

October 19, 2008

Hillsborough County's transit agency is going to spend thousands of dollars to remove asbestos from its electric streetcars. ...more

October 12, 2008