Tag Archives: Economy

  • News

    Raiding your 401K

    Some studies are showing one in four Americans are using 401K retirement money to pay for current expenses.

  • News Great_Lakes_from_space_crop_labeled

    Low water levels for Great Lakes could hurt economy

    Water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron fell to record low levels for December, and are expected to break the all-time low sometime in the next few months.

  • News abc

    ABC stores net over $132 million in profits

    Virginia ABC stores sold more than $4 million cases of wine, spirits and liquor in 2012.

  • News stock market

    Stocks awake to fiscal cliff hangover

    The party is over on Wall Street.

  • News / Politics milk

    Not going over the dairy cliff just yet

    The House and Senate have developed a short-term farm bill extension to prevent dairy prices from soaring in the new year.

  • News / Politics fiscalcliff

    Congress in Sunday session as ‘fiscal cliff’ talks stall

    Both the House of Representatives and the Senate went back into session Sunday afternoon.

  • News money and coins

    Why your paycheck is getting smaller no matter what

    The amounts could be large enough to deal a blow to middle class Americans’ spending budgets.

  • News NYSE floor

    Stocks sink 2 percent for week amid fiscal cliff fears

    Stocks closed lower for the fifth straight day Friday, ending the week down nearly 2%, as investors continue to fear the impact of falling over the fiscal cliff.

  • News marriage

    ‘Marriage Penalty’ Could Make Costly Return

    The return of the so-called marriage penalty could cost many couples more than $2,000 in higher 2013 taxes.

  • News Mortgage Home

    Home prices post biggest annual jump in 2 years

    This latest rise comes as the housing market has shown numerous other signs of recovery in recent months.

  • News Gas pumps

    Lower gas prices may not spur holiday spending

    The average price of gasoline fell 20 cents per gallon in the past month.

  • News ObamaBoehner

    Obama prepared to do ‘very tough things’ for fiscal cliff deal

    In the high-stakes poker of the fiscal cliff negotiations, House Speaker John Boehner is playing a game that could be called “Taxes Hold ‘Em.”