Many airline companies are finding it difficult to make a profit. The International Air Transport Association says it expects the industry to lose up ...
The winners of the Nobel prize in economics this year are Finn Kydland of Norway and Edward Prescott of the United States.Mister Prescott is an advise...
Americans say owning a home is part of the American dream. But many people may not recognize the part that a company called Fannie Mae plays in the ho...
Seventy-five years ago this week, an event shook the world: the Great Crash of nineteen twenty-nine.It began October twenty-fourth, nineteen twenty-ni...
In a fair market, businesses compete to provide products and services to buyers. Competition is supposed to keep down prices. Now, the top law enforce...
The big news for American newspapers this week was the elections. But there was also news about their industry. The number of newspaper readers in the...
America's biggest exporter is Boeing. It is easy to understand why. Have you ever looked at airplane prices? A big jet plane can cost well over a ...
Last week the Commerce Department reported on the United States trade deficit in September. The United States imported almost fifty-two thousand milli...
Sears used to call itself “the place where America shops.“ For more than a century, Sears department stores have tried to meet the needs of a changing...
President Bush says his choice for the next secretary of commerce, Carlos Gutierrez, understands business from bottom to top. Until his nomination, Mi...