Signs grew that the economy could turn even weaker in 2009, as an index of December manufacturing activity sank to its lowest point in 28 years. Every corner of the sector was down, from bakeries to cigarette-makers to aluminum smelters. ...more

January 3, 2009

Soaring unemployment, rampant business closings and a crushing mortgage crisis have dampened any hopes of an economic turnaround in 2009. ...more

December 29, 2008

Millions of Americans live in houses that are worth less than they borrowed to buy them. ...more

November 8, 2008

Uncover Dirty Little Secrets Of Restaurants A few weeks back, Tribune food writer Jeff Houck wrote about the Tampa Underbelly Tour along Nebraska Avenue. He wrote about learning a food axiom: If a restaurant parking lot is full of work vehicles, eat there. Blue-collar guys know good food. ...more

October 8, 2008

For the past two decades, the nation could count on one thing to keep it going when economic times got tough: Consumers kept spending. ...more

October 4, 2008

MIAMI (AP) - Sandra M. Diaz isn't the kind of person most people think of when they think about temps. ...more

September 14, 2008

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Friday the economy continues to be in a recession, by his definition, and will continue to be for at least several months. ...more

August 23, 2008

Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter, but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge: stiffer personal-computer competition that threatens to slow its steady growth. ...more

August 21, 2008

Top economists from Wachovia and Regions banks say there's little doubt Florida has fallen into a recession. ...more

August 7, 2008

As Americans see their home prices plunge, bills climb and credit lines shrink, they are swiping their credit cards less and their debit cards more - and Visa and MasterCard are still raking in the fees. ...more

August 1, 2008