Softened. That's how the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Lois described the course of the area economy over the past six weeks in its periodic report, the Beige Book.

The punch of Hurricane Gustav appeared to fall softly Monday on the vast energy complex along the U.S. Gulf Coast, allowing oil market traders to focus not on storm damage, but on their growing anxiety over the state of the global economy. Even as 110

HAVERHILL, Mass. — The whole industry is crazy with "going green." Operators and their business clients are searching for the greenest mode of transportation to be economical and environmentally friendly.

LOS ANGELES – An ambitious plan to cut highway traffic jams and provide better bus transit services in Los Angeles is eligible for more than $213 million in federal Congestion Reduction grants, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters said.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Local state lawmakers said Friday they might have found a way to keep Illinois Department of Transportation Division of Traffic Safety workers in Springfield.