Actress Andie MacDowell has bought land in an environmentally focused mountain community in western North Carolina and plans to build an eco-friendly house there ... plus more.
Struggling U.S. homeowners could receive federal loans to pay down as much as 20% of their principal under a proposal by the FDIC to help stem foreclosures.
DETROIT — General Motors and Ford saw double-digit U.S. sales declines but Toyota's sales edged up 3 percent in April as high gas prices accelerated consumers' rush away from trucks and sport utility vehicles. A downward pattern was expected throughout
Developers are clearing away a northeast Dallas apartment complex to make way for a new seniors housing community. Irving-based Churchill Residential will build the 175-unit complex in Lake Highlands. Demolition crews are finishing up work on the old Northwest Terrace
The Allied Pilots Association urged the National Mediation Board on Thursday to speed up its contract talks with American Airlines Inc., saying negotiations have dragged on too long. The union and airline began talks about a contract extension in September
Exxon Mobil Corp. disappointed Wall Street on Thursday by reporting that first-quarter profit rose 17 percent to $10.9 billion. Analysts expected more, given record-high oil and gasoline prices. But gasoline prices didn't keep pace with crude oil costs, squeezing profit
The Home Depot is closing 15 of its namesake stores, affecting 1,300 employees. It is the first time the home improvement retailer has ever closed a flagship store for performance reasons.
Companies would no longer be able to use genetic information like a person's predisposition for breast cancer, sickle cell or diabetes to make insurance or job decisions under a bill passed by Congress on Thursday.
Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said Thursday record crude prices helped its first-quarter profit climb 17 percent to $10.9 billion - the second biggest U.S. quarterly corporate profit ever.
Wall Street shot higher Thursday as investors, while anticipatinganother dismal jobs report Friday, viewed the rising dollar and fallingoil prices as promising signs for the economy. The Dow Jones industrialaverage soared nearly 190 points to close above 13,000 for the
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Because of the current poor U.S. economy, a record number of healthcare companies will seek to be acquired in 2008, reports VirtualCDO, a New York-based M&A consulting firm. (PRWeb May 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb885174.htm
SunGard (http://www.sungard.com) today announced that London-based Liquid Capital Markets (http://www.liquidcapital-markets.com), a leading liquidity provider in a range of exchange traded equity and fixed income options, has implemented SunGard's Kiodex Risk Workbench, a Web-based commodities risk management solution that integrates deal
Organic-based lawn care leader, NaturaLawn of America, is experiencing a 20% growth spurt despite the onset of an economic recession in the United States. (PRWeb May 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb902484.htm
Portable Garage Depot, a Florida-based supplier of auto, boat and multi-purpose all-weather shelters, sees dramatic rise in sales from cost-effective alternative to fixed protective buildings. (PRWeb May 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb878584.htm
