An encouraging jobs report Friday underscored the growing prominence of temporary workers who some experts predict could constitute up to a quarter of the workforce in a few years.

Mortgage lenders are being pressured to re-negotiate the terms on critical U.S. housing loans, while the rising foreclosure rate still threatens the national economy like an incoming sandstorm.

There is no doubt that the future of the American economy will be impacted by the fate of a comprehensive global treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions. What remains at issue is whether American business will benefit more from a failure at Copenhagen or

Oil prices slipped below $76 a barrel Friday in Asia ahead of U.S. unemployment figures that will provide an important guide to the strength of the economic recovery and demand for crude.

Groups that help military families are reporting a drop in cash donations at a time of greater need for those struggling in a down economy while one or more parents fight in Iraq or Afghanistan.

U.S. credit card companies are targeting affluent consumers in a resurgence of marketing campaigns, as they recover from massive defaults by subprime borrowers in the past year.

Many ideas that would greatly increase deficit are likely to be rejected

The Department of Energy is considering risking billions of taxpayer dollars on loan guarantees for construction of new EPR nuclear reactors. One of these reactors--Calvert Cliffs-3 on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland--is reportedly on DOE's

Southern California agriculture area continues to suffer higher metropolitan area rate. More urban areas face severe unemployment.

Set against the looming construction cranes and gleaming plastic roofs of the newly built factories, the last remaining fishing village in Jakarta Bay looks increasingly out of place.