Not even $700 billion will be enough to spare the United States from more economic anguish if the government's proposed banking bailout pans out like similar desperation moves during the past two decades. ...more

September 28, 2008

Stock in Jabil Circuit Inc. rose 30 cents Friday to $10.99 per share in a tough stock market as the company said net income rose almost fivefold compared with 2007, when it took restructuring charges. ...more

September 27, 2008

Stock in Jabil Circuit Inc. rose about 2 percent at midday to $10.90 per share in a tough stock market as the company said net income rose almost fivefold compared with 2007, when it took restructuring charges. ...more

September 26, 2008

The Bush administration, moving to prevent an economic cataclysm, urged Congress on Friday to grant it far-reaching emergency powers to buy hundreds of billions of dollars of distressed mortgages despite many unknowns about how the plan would work. ...more

September 20, 2008

Looking For Prosperity I was walking along the road the other day and found $150. ...more

September 19, 2008

A day after he dismissed a federal bailout for American International Group, Republican John McCain announced Wednesday that circumstances had forced him to shift his position and that he supported the proposed $85 billion rescue of the insurance giant. ...more

September 18, 2008

When I handed the book to my 13-year-old daughter, Olivia, she groaned. ...more

September 14, 2008

Give Power To Individuals Regarding "Preserve Social Security" (Letters, Aug. 18): ...more

August 25, 2008

Social Security turns 73 this month, marking over seven decades of one of the nation's most successful and important social programs. As Barack Obama has said, it is "the cornerstone of the social compact in this country." ...more

August 18, 2008

The important friendship between the United States and free Taiwan is undergoing a strain, possibly to placate the repressive mainland until the Olympics are over. ...more

August 12, 2008