Is the faltering economy finally catching up with the Bay Area restaurant scene? Last week saw the closure of two prominent places - Rubicon in San Francisco and the rather short-lived West County Grill in Sebastopol. Rubicon owner Drew Nieporent and West

For the fourth consecutive month, Iowa's Business Conditions Index advanced, signaling expanding economic conditions in the months ahead. The Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator, inched up to 60.5 from 60.0 in March.

Scots did not mind the economic policies of Thatcherism, First Minister Alex Salmond has said, provoking a Labour demand for an apology. The SNP leader was explaining in an interview that the opposition to Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government duri

SAN RAFAEL, Oct. 17, 2008 – The state of the state, Marin County and the local business climate will be the timely subject of the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce's Forecasting the Future Conference on Thursday.

Seventy percent of economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics said they were more pessimistic about the economy's outlook than they were three months ago.