It's something small business owners dread: having to tell employees they're being laid off.     It's inescapable in a weak economy, or as a company changes the way it does business, that some workers must be let go.

NEW YORK—Just for a minute let's set aside all the bad things plaguing the financial world. Even in these gloomy times, there's some good news worth checking out.

Retail sales may be slumping around the country and on the Island, but the thrift stores and consignment shops of the Vineyard are thriving hubs of business these days.

JOHNSTOWN, PA -- Congressman John P. Murtha (PA-12) announced today that Lockheed Martin Corporation, the world’s largest defense contractor, will establish a new Global Supply Chain Services business in Johnstown that will create approximately 135 new

Canada's economy contracted unexpectedly in the first three months of this year, the nation's first quarterly decline in real gross domestic product in five years, according to a government report Friday.