Many people will be scrimping as they shop for holiday meals. To help, we've created a simple interactive database in which you can share what you're finding as you fill the shopping basket for your Thanksgiving meal. You can also use the database to see where bargains are. ...more

November 13, 2008

WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits has jumped to a level not seen since just after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. ...more

November 13, 2008

The nation's unemployment rate is at a 14-year high, General Motors reported a massive third-quarter loss and says it may run out of cash next year, and Ford is planning more job cuts after burning through billions of its own. ...more

November 8, 2008

WASHINGTON - The nation's unemployment rate bolted to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent in October as another 240,000 jobs were cut, the government said Friday. It was stark proof the economy is almost certainly in a recession. ...more

November 7, 2008

The number of out-of-work Americans continuing to draw unemployment benefits has surged to a 25-year high. Shoppers also turned extra frugal, further proof of the damage from the sinking economy, credit problems and financial stresses. ...more

November 7, 2008

Six months ago, Harriet Pea put her 18 years of management experience at large companies toward a new career in consulting. "It was a very good move for me," she says. ...more

October 19, 2008

News of economic turmoil bombards us at every turn these days. It may remind some elderly Americans of the fear that struck the nation at the start of the Great Depression. ...more

October 19, 2008

For a sign of just how tough the job market has become, consider this: In Hillsborough County, unemployment compensation claims are up 70 percent this year over last year. ...more

October 4, 2008

The stranglehold on the credit markets remained tight Friday after the House approved a revised $700 billion financial bailout, with investors nervous that the plan is at most a first step in repairing the faltering U.S. economy. ...more

October 4, 2008

Cemex Inc. is being sued by the federal government for allegedly failing to properly pay more than $5 million in overtime back wages to some 2,000 truck drivers in eight states, including Florida. ...more

September 27, 2008