Compared to last year, the British pound has dropped substantially, with retailers hoping to lure American tourists while also enticing Britons to shop at home.

Warning that financial markets remain under "severe strain," Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pledged Friday to work closely with other central banks to fix global financial problems and left open the door to a fresh interest rate cut to help brace

Are you ready for some football? Before you answer, consider this: A recent study calculated that Indiana University football games at Memorial Stadium bring in an average of $3 million per game to the area economy.

It looks like a barn just to the southwest of Lake Holiday. It is, in fact, a tractor and trailer business that was built to look like a barn by Ernie and Barbara Wackerline.

When she noticed that cherries were a hot seller at the Kenosha farmers market one Saturday morning, Kathleen Bubinas wondered which vendor was suddenly doing big business.