Bank of America Corp. could eventually shrink its 6,100-branch network by about 10 percent as consumers choose other methods of banking, a company spokesman said Tuesday. ...more

July 29, 2009

Obesity's not just dangerous, it's expensive. New research shows medical spending averages $1,400 more a year for an obese person than for someone who's normal weight. The higher expense reflects the costs of treating diabetes, heart disease and other ailments far more common for the overweight, concluded the study by government scientists and the nonprofit research group RTI International. Other figures from the study, published Monday by the journal Health Affairs: ...more

July 28, 2009

Minimum-wage earners in Florida will get their second raise of the year Friday. Now they'll make $7.25 an hour. ...more

July 23, 2009

As more people go wireless with smart phones, laptops and other mobile devices, the need for strong signals increases. ...more

July 22, 2009

As more people go wireless with smart phones, laptops and other mobile devices, the need for strong signals increases. ...more

July 15, 2009

Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's longtime sidekick, has died, according to reports on NBC. ...more

June 23, 2009

The fledgling renewable energy industry has been growing for years, with more than twice the national average percentage job growth during much of the past decade. ...more

June 11, 2009

An 80-year-old woman may have traded in her financial woes for legal troubles Sunday when she was accused of stealing money from her church. ...more

May 29, 2009

Sometime during a mid-May weekend in 2006, Scott Hatteberg heard the news and let out the sigh of a defeated man. ...more

March 28, 2009

The government says consumers increased spending for a second straight month in February even though their incomes slipped because of continuing layoffs. ...more

March 28, 2009