TJX to close A.J. Wright brand, cut 4,400 jobs

TJX Cos. says it is shuttering its A.J. Wright discount stores, cutting 4,400 jobs and converting some of the stores to other brands such as […]

Area sports agent will buy Atkinson’s Lake Saint Louis mansion

The $27 million mansion built with the allegedly ill-gotten gains of US Fidelis will go for a mere $4.75 million to local professional sports agent […]

Annual core CPI rise smallest on record

U.S. consumer prices rose less than expected in October and the increase in the year-on-year core rate was the smallest on record, data showed […]

Producer prices support Fed fears of low inflation

U.S. core producer prices recorded their largest decline in more than four years while industrial output was flat in October, underscoring the Federal Reserve’s […]

Fed’s Lockhart says hiring to remain sluggish

Businesses are unlikely to hire workers at the same level as before the recession even as the economy improves, a top Federal Reserve policy […]

Summer turns up the heat in WNY

The summer vacation season will be closing with a blast of heat.
Temperatures will peak in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees across Western New […]

Charlotte-area gasoline prices dip

The average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline in the metro Charlotte area is $2.681, down from $2.698 a week ago, according to AAA’s […]

HP CEO quits after harassment claim

The top executive of Hewlett-Packard Co., which operates Enterprise Services in Plano, resigned Friday in the wake of a sexual harassment claim against him and […]

Atlanta Fed CEO says Southeast banks need more time to heal

The Southeastern region of the nation is on the rebound from the rocky two-year recession, but as banks continue to struggle, the prospects for a […]

Questions still abound in WaMu’s 2008 seizure

Two federal investigations into Washington Mutual’s regulators released Thursday paint a stark picture of warring federal agencies that disagreed on policing the Seattle bank, but […]