PITTSFIELD — State officials yesterday delivered a warning message to employers: The "underground economy" that churns with shady employee pay schemes, unpaid taxes and worker protections is under scrutiny.

Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The yen fell to the lowest since January against the dollar after Japan's government said the economy is ``deteriorating,'' acknowledging for the first time that the country's longest postwar expansion has probably ended.

Dave Molloy doesn't know why his family got started in the roofing business four generations ago, but he does know it was a business he loved from childhood and one that he has continued even when the rest of the family moved on.

For the first time in a decade, fewer Californians are expected to take Labor Day vacations this year, according to AAA of Northern California. About 4.3 million Californians will travel 50 miles or more this Labor Day weekend, a 1.4 percent drop from las

Gas prices are high, food's more expensive and the job market is cold, but the United States may still avoid a recession. That was the message Monday from a private business group whose index of leading economic indicators defied expectations and inched.