Date: 1/19/2009 By ALAN ZIBELAP Real Estate Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to homeownership, Hispanics in New Jersey, single parents in California and senior citizens in Rhode Island all have something in common: More than a third have…
Analysis: Nobody wants blame in automakers’ crisis
Date: 12/5/2008 By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Not surprisingly, neither the outgoing Bush administration, President-elect Barack Obama nor the Democratic leaders of Congress wants to be blamed for the loss of a once-proud domestic auto industry and…
Health care, defense poised to weather recession
Date: 11/1/2008 11:11 PM By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ With the global economy at risk of a deep recession, many battered areas of the U.S. economy stand to suffer more damage in coming months. Other industries, though,…
Market’s latest lurch down raises new uncertainty
Date: 10/24/2008 5:22 PM By DAVE CARPENTERAP Business Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ The advice from financial experts has been painfully repetitive during weeks of decline in the markets: A bottom should be near. History says stocks always bounce back. Don’t…