Vickie Colonna lives on a lake in Spencer, but typically in the summer, she and her family trade the quiet shores of their home for a visit to her in-laws' house on bustling Cape Cod. However, with the price of gas now closing in on $4 a gallon, those tr

Facing possible $1 billion shortfall, mayor to slash workers, programs and services. The city will close libraries and swimming pools, suspend planned tax reductions, cut more than 800 jobs and trim salaries for some administrators in order to weather

NEW YORK (AP) _ For the first time since the bubble burst earlier this decade, information technology stocks have overtaken financials as the largest sector by market value in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.

The exec says consumers are reluctant to change libraries. Washington, D.C. (September 24, 2008) -- Blockbuster CFO Thomas Casey says the industry must be patient if it wants the Blu-ray high-def disc to replace the standard-def DVD.

While the city’s $315 million 2008-09 budget looks balanced today, Berkeley could get bad news this week when the governor updates state budget woes and, perhaps, asks cities and counties to loan or give up to the state millions of dollars from their al