WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is getting an update on the nation's economy from former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.
Volcker is chairman of Obama's econom...
Laid-off workers consider options
CHICAGO — After losing their jobs, Greg and Gloria Christ drove through office parks, jotting down the names of potential employers. Eve...
BEIJING — China's premier expressed concern today about its massive holdings of Treasuries and other U.S. debt, appealing to Washington to safeguard their value, and sai...
NEW YORK — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has been the leading voice among Republican governors who have criticized President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stim...
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has provided this report on the March 9 New Wilmington livestock auction.
CATTLE 199 — (Compared with last week's sale, sl...
Adults should set positive tone
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — It's a "tween" dilemma: Just as these preteens' need for cool clothes, cell phones, iPods, laptops and other gear soars,...
Care in other nations is cheaper, but better
WASHINGTON — If the global economy were a 100-yard dash, the U.S. would start 23 yards behind its closest competitors because...
NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE
• Ford Motor Co., up 11 cents at...
They see what they'd missed
NEW YORK — Soon after New Yorker Geralyn Lucas was laid off from her television job in January, she took her 2-year-old son to the playroom of...
Pennsylvania American Water on Tuesday started the replacement of four water main pipes in the Butler and Butler Township area.
Gary Lobaugh, water company spokesman, sa...
