A BUSINESS leader urged private and public groups to focus their efforts and advocacies on energy self-sufficiency, agriculture and food security, infrastructure development and education to help improve the economy.

In an economy suffering from high costs, rising unemployment and tight credit, most businesses look to simply maintain profits and give up on growth. The common wisdom becomes cut costs and ride out the tough times.

WINDSOR -- With all the talk of believing in the business opportunities in Windsor and Essex County, we shouldn't forget about the region's many not-for-profit organizations, says the executive director of the local United Way.

There are smart job-hunting strategies that can pay off for spring grads -- as well as for already-employed twentysomethings hoping to hang onto their positions and even move up in this shaky business climate.

In these tumultuous weeks on Wall Street, as investors and commentators speculate on the next institutions to fail, one prominent name hasn't made anyone's short list. Wells Fargo & Co., the 156-year-old San Francisco financial icon, has instead emerged