Tom Wiley didn't have a lot to say at first. The general manager at Register Chevrolet was hearing on CNN what General Motors executives were doing to bolster sales. ...more

April 1, 2009

When will this wretched economy bottom out? The recession is already in its 15th month, making it longer than all but two downturns since World War II. For now, everything seems to be getting worse: The Dow is in free fall, jobs are vanishing every day, and one in eight American homeowners is in foreclosure or behind on payments. ...more

March 7, 2009

The recession is killing jobs at an alarming pace, with tens of thousands of new layoffs announced Monday by some of the biggest names in American business - Pfizer, Caterpillar and Home Depot. ...more

January 27, 2009

Employers, who as recently as October said they were barely modifying their salary budgets for 2009, have changed their tune in December, this time bringing some workers' projected annual pay raises to a low not seen in three decades. ...more

December 21, 2008

Chrysler LLC, whose owner has been in talks to sell the automaker to General Motors Corp., said Friday that it will cut 25 percent of its salaried work force starting next month and warned that it will make more restructuring announcements soon. ...more

October 25, 2008

Mike Olgia has seen his share of training seminars during his 20-year career on the maintenance staff at Bank of America Plaza. ...more

December 25, 2007

One sure way to feel like an antiqueis to have buildings that you've watched go up in your own lifetime be labeled "culturally-protected landmarks." That happened to me, recently, on a return visit to Stockholm, Sweden, where I spent 35 years of my expatriate career. ...more

December 15, 2007