The Bush administration Saturday raised the price tag on its emergency plan to revive the U.S. financial system, asking Congress for authority to spend up to $700 billion to relieve crippled financial institutions of their mortgage-based assets, a sum that would exceed the current cost of the war in Iraq. ...more

September 21, 2008

The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies. ...more

July 6, 2008

We are facing difficult times with gas prices rising nearly every day, the stock market falling precipitously, food prices rising, floods and tornados in the heartland and other disasters. ...more

July 5, 2008

Lt. Col. Charles "Chuck" Dryden, 87, one of the first of the pioneering black World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, died Tuesday in Atlanta. ...more

June 27, 2008

The world's top economies on Saturday promised coordinated action to restore confidence in global markets as financial turmoil slows U.S. growth, but with each country having different priorities, they didn't offer a specific remedy. ...more

February 10, 2008

The world's perception of China as a major global power is growing, with many people thinking it will rival the United States in influence by 2020, according to a major survey released this week. ...more

December 15, 2007

There was a void in Brandon resident Donna Johnson's holiday season that she couldn't ignore. ...more

November 15, 2007

This concerns a recent article titled "Republicans Get Ready To Pucker Up." The assertions fall way short of keen accuracy. ...more

October 7, 2007

Consumers are still buying everything at a healthy pace, but the declining value of the dollar is worrisome because if foretells higher prices for imports. ...more

September 25, 2007