Buoyed by improved affordability, existing single-family home sales in Hernando County rose in September. ...more

November 2, 2008

Frank Cianci of Hudson says anyone who voted for the financial bailout should be voted out of the U.S. House and Senate. ...more

November 1, 2008

I am one angry American and hope that this latest scandal with Acorn will prompt other people to be angry also. Forget the ties to Obama, it's too late on this election and if you study the start up and the accountability of this left-leaning organization, you will find that the ties and the lies are incredible. ...more

October 25, 2008

Arguing that New York needs his financial skill to guide it through the crisis on Wall Street, Mayor Michael Bloomberg persuaded the city council to amend the term-limits law Thursday so that the billionaire independent can run for re-election next year. ...more

October 24, 2008

My top 10 reasons to vote for McCain: 1. Corporate welfare isn't socialism, just a helping hand for capitalists. ...more

October 24, 2008

It's looking like a good year for big oil - again. ConocoPhillips, the first of the major oil companies to report earnings for the third quarter, said profits soared 41 percent as crude prices soared to record highs over the summer. The numbers posted by the third-largest U.S. oil company easily topped Wall Street forecasts. ...more

October 23, 2008

Circuit City Stores Inc. may close at least 20 percent of its stores to shore up its finances and to avoid filing for bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. ...more

October 21, 2008

Social Security checks are going up $63 a month for the typical retiree, the largest increase in more than a quarter century but likely to seem puny to the millions who have been watching in horror as Wall Street lays waste to their retirement nest eggs. ...more

October 17, 2008

As I have been following the stock market, I have been shaking my head at the reasons the market has been fluctuating. Lately, the fluctuations have been centered around the various bailout plans here and around the world. Despite having the best day in 75 years, the very next day, the market is down yet again on what I have read as "a lack of enthusiasm for the bailout plan." Where did the enthusiasm go? Nothing changed! It wasn't taken off the table. No changes were made. What happened? ...more

October 16, 2008

Investors agonizing over a faltering economy sent the stock market plunging all over again Wednesday after two disheartening reports convinced Wall Street that a recession, if not already here, is inevitable. The market's despair - fed by a stream of disheartening economic data - propelled the Dow Jones industrials down 733.08 points to 8,577.91 in its second-largest point loss ever. The major indexes all lost at least 7 percent. ...more

October 16, 2008