If Obama lived in number-obsessed China, he'd try to have 95 in his phone number or live at an address with 95 in it. ...more

October 25, 2008

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain will hold a rally at 3 p.m. Thursday at Roberts Sports Arena. ...more

October 20, 2008

•WHERE: Toledo, Ohio •MESSAGE: He said he is the guardian of middle-class workers and small-business owners who fuel the economy. He also said the automated calls he is making in battleground states attacking Sen. Barack Obama are "legitimate and truthful." ...more

October 20, 2008

Small business owners, the kind Joe the plumber says he hopes to become, will need an expert from another profession - a good accountant or perhaps someone with a crystal ball - to know whether Barack Obama's tax plans will help them or send money swirling down with the Drano. ...more

October 17, 2008

It has been a bruiser of a summer for small businesses that must use the roads every day. ...more

August 4, 2008

WASHINGTON - The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere. ...more

July 20, 2008

The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere. ...more

July 20, 2008

Facebook's quest to lure more advertisers to its popular online hangout is getting an assist from Visa's marketing machine. ...more

June 24, 2008

Democrat Sen. Barack Obama seized on heightened concerns about the economy Monday in North Carolina, tying Sen. John McCain to the Bush administration's recent record of soaring gasoline prices and slumping employment. ...more

June 10, 2008

I only wish I were experiencing a similar percentage drop in wages-revenue as compared to the losses the county and our government is experiencing. Perhaps my losses are attributed to the decline in construction as well as the real estate market or is it the expensive fuel and rising grocery bill? I may also be over taxed with the real estate since you are hard pressed to sell it even at appraised value. Real estate used to be an asset, now it is a trap. Whatever the driving force is behind the ailing economy, the government has not even come close to feeling the crunch that the small business owners and labor force are enduring. I wonder what the future holds and what the economic gurus will label this economic era. ...more

June 9, 2008