(ARA) - Owning a small business is always a challenge, but especially when the economy is in a well documented downturn. The Federal Reserve recently noted more banks are raising lending standards for small businesses, blaming tightening credit conditions

In the days where $4 a gallon gas and $4 cups of coffee are just too expensive, you would think the Botox business would be the last expense on the checkbook register.  But think again. East Texas News Nine's Mystic Matthews explains why.

New York- How much can the president - one man - shape the U.S. economy, a $14.4 trillion tangle? Some economists say President-elect Barack Obama can have an outsized influence on the economy. They argue that a well-timed stimulus package could lead to a

DETROIT - Scott Piechocinski roamed the rows of a CarMax dealership in Charlotte, N.C., on a recent afternoon, searching for something small to replace his son's 2001 Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle.

Stock indexes may be down 3% to 8% this year, but if history is any guide, there's a heck of a rally around the corner. In a recent paper in The Journal of Portfolio Management, Scott Beyer of the CFA Institute and business school professors Gerald Jense