Consumer spending fell for a record sixth straight month in December as recession-battered households, worried about surging layoffs, boosted savings rates to the highest level since May. ...more

February 3, 2009

Circuit City Stores Inc. has started the arduous process of dismantling its massive retail business, but it could take two years before the entire company completely disappears. ...more

January 30, 2009

Tell me about your business ... not your childhood. ...more

June 2, 2008

AVON PARK — Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is scheduled to be in downtown Sebring at 10 a.m. The public is invited, said Marvin Kahn, who arranged the meeting at Iris & Butterflies, 207 Circle Park Drive. "She specifically asked to meet women who are in business," said Kahn, the Highlands County co-chairman of Mitt Romney for President. Kahn, a Highlands County citrus grove owner, said he got a call last week from the state GOP that Ann Romney might stop in Sebring, so he quickly arranged the visit to the gift shop. ...more

January 23, 2008

A few hours from now, after you've watched the ball drop on TV, swept confetti out of your living room and argued with your significant other for the umpteenth time about whether champagne flutes can be cleaned in the dishwasher, it will be time to get down to the serious work of New Year's. ...more

December 31, 2007