Hopes for the fledgling economic recovery got a boost Monday from better-than-expected news on manufacturing, construction and contracts to buy homes. ...more

November 3, 2009

Consumer Confidence Tanks Confidence in the economy hit a record low in February as job were lost and retirement accounts shrank. ...more

February 25, 2009

Wall Street has turned the clock back to 1997. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1997. All the major indexes slid more than 3 percent. The Dow is just over 100 points from 7,000. ...more

February 24, 2009

Genealogy is all about names. We find most records through surnames, and then narrow the search with given names. But too many of us search only for the perfect match. Close counts not only in horseshoes but also in heritage hunting. ...more

January 4, 2009

A case of post-election nerves sent stocks plunging Wednesday as investors, anxious about a recession, are wondering what impact a Barack Obama presidency will have on business and the overall economy. The Dow Jones industrials fell 486.01, or 5.05 percent, to 9,139.27. All other major indexes tumbled, too. ...more

November 6, 2008

Adam Smith was 12 when Microsoft introduced its desktop e-mail program, Outlook. ...more

May 5, 2008

Leading news organizations and other publishers have proposed changing the rules that tell search engines what they can and can't collect when scouring the Web, saying the revisions would give site owners greater control over their content. ...more

November 30, 2007