NEW YORK — They’re the spoils of a feast that’s over forever: Bernard Madoff’s stuff on a government auction block.
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.’s plans to add millions of copyright-protected books to its digital library are riding on a new legal settlement addressing the objections of government regulators who don’t want Google to gain too much power over a new market.
NEW YORK — Encouraging earnings news from major retailers and The Walt Disney Co. drew investors back into the stock market to cap a second big week of gains.
The trade deficit might have widened in September, but try telling that to U.S. jewelry makers, loggers and machine manufacturers who have customers in other countries.
American shoppers are splitting again: The affluent are finally starting to buy, picking up designer clothes at places like Nordstrom, while those on the lower economic rungs are still scrimping by, heading to Walmart for the basics.
Two Columbus employers have made Georgia Trend magazine’s list of Best Places to Work in Georgia for 2009.
The Columbus Foundry appears to have a future after all, with a Michigan auto parts supplier saying Wednesday it has bought the plant and looks to expand business over the next year.
After months of contract negotiations, Hughston Clinic and Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital have renewed their contract with United Healthcare.
A Columbus auto parts foundry, its parent company mired in bankruptcy, is shutting down within a couple of weeks of Christmas.
NEW YORK — Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday.
Further tightening its belt, Ledger-Enquirer Publisher Valerie Canepa said Friday the newspaper is laying off two mid-level managers and will not fill three full-time open positions.
WASHINGTON — For months he had warned it was coming but that didn’t ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent.
A year after his election Obama finds it increasingly difficult to blame the sour economy on George W. Bush or offer reassurances that jobless Americans will soon find work.WASHINGTON — The last time unemployment climbed past 10 percent, “The A-Team” was one of the top 10 TV shows and Michael Jackson was about to release “Thriller.”
NEW YORK — First it was books. Now it’s DVDs.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. started another price war Thursday, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following its price cut on books last month. And, once again, competitors Amazon.com and Target scrambled to match the prices.CHARLOTTE, N.C — Regulators on Friday shut small banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 119 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.
WASHINGTON — Buying a home is about to get cheaper for a whole new crop of homebuyers — $6,500 cheaper.
WASHINGTON — Thousands of borrowers on the verge of foreclosure will soon have the option of renting their homes from Fannie Mae, under a policy announced Thursday.
NEW YORK — Criminal charges have been filed against 14 people, including attorneys and Wall Street professionals, in a widening $53 million insider trading case that has already snared one of the richest men in America, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
NEW YORK — A drop in unemployment claims and an upbeat forecast from Cisco Systems Inc. gave investors new reason to be optimistic about the economy and sent stocks to big gains.
Mark Fryer knows what it takes to get you hired. After all, he has spent more than three decades helping companies find qualified employees.
