A staggering 2.6 million jobs disappeared in 2008, the most since World War II, and the pain is only getting worse with 11 million Americans out of work and searching. Unemployment hit a 16-year high of 7.2 percent in December and could be headed for 10 percent or even higher by year's end. ...more

January 10, 2009

The holiday season is here, and there's Nana getting into the eggnog and batting her eyes. Or Pops with a face as red as Santa Claus refilling his glass, laughing a little too much. ...more

December 20, 2008

Pump prices continued to tumble in the past week, falling more than 25 cents to a national average of $2.656 a gallon, new government figures show. In some places, gasoline is selling for less than $2 a gallon. ...more

October 28, 2008

There's some sentiment that a government rule that forces retirees to withdraw money from their IRA and 401(k) accounts when they turn 70 1/2 may need to be changed. That's because people are living longer and need to keep as much of their retirement money for as long as possible, said several financial advisers and a leader of the Senate Finance Committee. ...more

September 3, 2008

Rising prices, falling home values, stagnant wages and tight credit. It's a potent combination that has struck the American consumer hard. ...more

August 5, 2008

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon flew over Myanmar's flooded Irrawaddy delta on Thursday, where the ravages of a cyclone stretched as far as the eye could see: Villages were empty of life, flattened huts dissolved into vast areas of water and people perched on rooftops. ...more

May 23, 2008

Everything stopped but the tears. For three minutes Monday, bustling China came to a standstill as its more than 1 billion people remembered the more than 34,000 killed a week ago in the worst earthquake to hit the country in three decades. ...more

May 20, 2008