Jan 9th, 2009 · The nation's unemployment rate stands at 7.2 percent. Employers cut 524,000 jobs in December. The losses were large and widespread in nearly every industry. It's the 12th straight month of declines. In 2008, more than 2.5 million jobs were cut from payrolls — the most jobs lost since 1945.
Dec 15th, 2008 · Karaoke has come to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The karaoke stations are an experiment, an effort to soothe the nervous and calm the impatient. Many passengers are showing off their skills.
Oct 27th, 2008 · Though conventional wisdom holds that investors should hold fast to the stocks they have, many nervous investors want to diversify their dwindling holdings with alternatives such as gold, wine, livestock and even classic comic books. Have you made any alternative investments?
Oct 26th, 2008 · It's been a rough time for the Idaho Republican Party. Sen. Larry Craig, a strong conservative, was arrested for peeping and disorderly conduct inside an airport restroom. Now there is another Idaho Republican who may be in trouble on Nov. 4. Sadie Babits of Boise State Public Radio reports.
Oct 12th, 2008 · According to a report by the U.S. Department of Labor, 760,000 jobs have been lost in the past nine months. For some Americans who still have jobs, the pressures they face on a daily basis may be as difficult to bear as job insecurity.
Oct 8th, 2008 · Steps by the Federal Reserve to unthaw the frozen credit markets have not been enough to calm nervous investors. News about financial companies only added to the despondent mood on Wall Street.The Dow Jones industrials lost more than 500 points. Third-quarter earnings also reflect the economic slowdown.
Sep 18th, 2008 · American families are nervous about the stability of their finances — and Peter Gosselin says that they should be. In his new book, High Wire, he writes that an increasing number of families are only one mortgage, doctor, or emergency payment away from financial ruin.
Sep 17th, 2008 · Nervous investors had a lot to worry about this week, with financial services companies declaring bankruptcy, hoisting for-sale signs and calling for federal assistance. The stock market fell steeply in response. Here, some tips for weathering the financial storm.