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LOS ANGELES --- More U.S. homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments last month, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65 percent versus the same month last year and contributing to a deepening slide in home values, a research company said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON --- Consumer prices slowed in April despite the biggest jump in food costs in nearly two decades. But with oil near record levels, Americans should brace for more pain at the pump in the months ahead.
In the midst of determining whether to sell off its meat product division, a Toronto investment fund continues to announce losses from Castleberry's Food Co.
Anticipating resentment from North Augustans who want nothing to do with their Georgia neighbors, Augusta Tomorrow master plan committee head Braye Boardman got a welcome surprise Tuesday night.
WASHINGTON --- Median home prices fell in two-thirds of the cities surveyed during the first three months of this year, and 46 states reported declining sales, a real estate trade group reported Tuesday.
REARDAN, Wash. --- Mom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old pumps can't register more than $3.999 on their spinning mechanical dials.
To execute a successful home renovation, most projects require professional help, and the Better Business Bureau is offering advice and guidance on finding trustworthy contractors.
Remember the old sci-fi show Lost In Space ? The robot let the young boy on the series know about upcoming trouble with the line, "Danger, Will Robinson!"
Penny Rayfield, of Cornerstone Realty Services LLC, has received the certified residential specialist designation from the Council of Residential Specialists for serving the residential real estate market.
France's Orange signs new iPhone deal with Apple Web-posted 5/16/2008
French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries.
UN: World economy to grow by 1.8 percent in 2008 Web-posted 5/16/2008
The world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1.8 percent in 2008, the United Nations said in its mid-year economic projections Thursday.
Oil back above $125 in volatile trading Web-posted 5/16/2008
Oil prices continued to rise Friday after a whipsaw overnight session that paired the expiration of options with a bevy of news that swung the price of oil per barrel in a $6 range.
Abercrombie profit edges up on sales increase Web-posted 5/16/2008
Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch said Friday that its first-quarter earnings rose 3 percent from a year ago on stronger sales.
BA annual profits more than doubles on int. travel Web-posted 5/16/2008
British Airways said Friday it will pay a dividend for the first time in seven years after reporting its full-year profits more than doubled.
Senate votes to roll back media ownership rule Web-posted 5/16/2008
The Senate Thursday night voted to nullify a Federal Communications Commission rule that allows media companies to own a newspaper and a television station in the same market.
Japan's economy grows at 3.3 pct annual pace in 1Q Web-posted 5/16/2008
Japan's economy grew at a stronger-than-expected 3.3 percent annual pace in the first quarter, racking up its third consecutive quarter of growth.
China tallies losses, costs from major earthquake Web-posted 5/16/2008
Cracked dams and buckled roads, collapsed buildings and toppled factories — China has begun tallying losses from the calamitous earthquake that struck earlier this week, with estimates ranging to over $20 billion.
Times like these (as in “so-so”) make me glad to live here. Although the recent economic downturn (no one is using the R-word yet) has business and industry in many parts of the nation pulling on the emergency brake, the Augusta-Aiken metro area has simply eased off on the gas pedal.
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