Now six months through 2008, businesses in the Commonwealth are reporting that mounting costs, coupled with an ongoing economic downturn, have many of them fighting for survival and conditions later in the year are expected to get worse long before they g

ELLSWORTH — The Associated Press last Saturday reported another round of layoffs at Maine’s largest daily newspaper — the fourth at the Portland Press Herald in the past year.

HYANNIS, Mass. (AP)-Breakfast will not be served this summer at Cape Cod's Crown & Anchor. The Provincetown resort and entertainment complex usually hires 10 to 12 people from Jamaica and Eastern Europe each summer as cooks, housekeepers and maintenance

NEW DELHI: Despite the global crude oil prices spurting to a record $135 a barrel this week and the Indian crude basket touching $125 a barrel, the lack of political consensus along with fear of inflation galloping out of control has prevented ...

Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, has launched an online classified advertising site, a move that opens a broader range of shopping to Wal-Mart's Internet customers. The site is run through Oodle.com, a three-year-old San Mateo, Calif., fir