Business - Economy & Trade

U.S. Gives $25 Billion to Auto Industry

Congress tossed a lifeline to the long-suffering U.S. auto industry, in the form of a $25 billion low-interest loan.

China Exporting Rare Earth Metals for Less Than the Price of Pork

Lowering Energy Costs within Ten Years

Stepping away from the nightmare of high-energy prices is no longer a pipe dream.

Trust, Confidence, and the American Consumer

America’s younger generation—people from 25 to 34 year of age—appear to be quite a bit less cynical about business and their activities than those aged 35 to 64.

Build it, But They Won’t Come

You must be so relieved—your business finally has a website. It looks hip. So why isn’t your phone ringing?

Burst of the Wall Street ‘Levee’

The federal bailout out many financial giants may not have stemmed the flood of bad debt drowning Wall Street.

Changing the Landscape of the Railroad Industry

Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) recently introduced the Freight Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2007, which seeks to create more competition in the U.S. railroad industry.

$700 Billion Federal Bailout in the Works

Federal bailout would be most sweeping action the U.S. government has taken on financial markets since the Depression.

U.S. Government Launches Attack on Credit Crisis

The US surged into action to launch an all-out attack against the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.