While consumer borrowing increased in May, a decline in stockpiles puts distributors in a good place for scaling back production slowly in the face of a struggling economy.

The heavy equipment machines have been grading dirt just east of Interstate 75, smoothing the way of what local leaders are hoping will be the next major retail area in Warner Robins and Peach County.

A prototype package and finished dark chocolate is shown atop cocoa beans at the new TCHO chocolate factory in San Francisco, Calif. As demand for premium chocolate soars, a new crop of high-tech confectioners are changing the industry with Silicon Valley

HOUSTON----Reliant Energy, Inc. reported open EBITDA of $105 million for the third quarter of 2008, compared to $443 million for the third quarter of 2007. The decline was primarily due to lower retail contribution margin from the effects of Hurricane Ike

DULUTH, Ga.----AGCO Corporation , a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, reported record sales of $2.4 billion and record net income of $1.34 per share for the second quarter of 2008.