South Korean `No Deal’ May Damp Prospects for U.S. Trade Accords - Bloomberg

Before heading to Seoul, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk was warned by Senator Max Baucus that “no deal is better than a bad deal” when […]

Jobless claims fall, but still stuck

The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits fell last week, but continued to drift in the same range they have been for […]

Buildings of indicted Troy broker for sale

Properties controlled by indicted Troy businessman Matthew J. Ryan are up for sale, according to court documents.
Paul Levine, an Albany attorney, is acting as receiver […]

Wichita unemployment rate at 8 percent in June

The Wichita metropolitan area’s unemployment rate was flat from May to June, holding at 8 percent, according to the Kansas Department of Labor.
The agency on […]

Trocaire, Lancaster HS form partnership

High school students enrolled in the newly formed Academy of Hospitality and Tourism at Lancaster High School will begin taking college-level courses this fall at […]

Holy road trip! Shortage of paint for highway stripes

Highway construction could come to a screeching halt this summer due to a shortage of paint.
Road crews have been complaining to the Associated […]

SpeakWrite goes mobile, hard-copies conversations

Austin-based SpeakWrite transcribing service expanded its services to include iPhone, Android and Blackberry-optimized applications.
The company, founded in 1997, receives recorded material, transcribes to paper and […]

Time Warner hikes dividend as outlook brightens

In its first financial report without Aol in a decade, Time Warner Inc. raised its dividend as it reported quarterly sales and profit Wednesday […]

Job growth returns — then fades

Employers once again slashed a substantial number jobs off their payrolls in December, according to a disappointing report from the government Friday. But there […]

Bankruptcies in Canada decline 27 per cent

The number of bankruptcies in Canada fell significantly in October compared with the month before, largely due to a change in legislation that makes filing […]