Business leaders would be offered tax breaks by a Conservative government to persuade them to recruit more staff, David Cameron will announce today as he puts plans to ease the "pain of mass unemployment" at the heart of his economic agenda.

The specter of depression stalks America. You hear the word repeatedly. Are we in a depression? If not, are we headed for one? The answer to the first question is no; the answer to the second is "almost certainly not." The use of "depression" to descr

National City Corp.’s monthly business outlook index nudged up in August as Midwest business managers’ confidence in the economy picked up. But executives in Columbus, the survey found, weren’t as optimistic. (NCC)

With Thursday's guilty plea to two felony counts of obstruction of justice and no contest plea on an assault charge by Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his resignation, a chapter in the region's history has started to close. But what does this mean fo

With the Governor Elect just weeks away from being sworn into office, Beverly Perdue is looking into North Carolina’s history for lessons on how to lead the state through this deepening economic crisis, according to the Triangle Business Journal.