I was floored a few days ago when I saw a commercial on TV for Sonic Drive In's. They were offering what they call a "Brown Bag Special", which consisted of 2 Sonic Burgers, 2 medium tater tots or fries and 2 medium soft drinks for $6.99. I kind of...

Today DHL announced the reduction of forces due to the ceasing of domestic operations in the United States. This will lead to the loss of an additional 9,500 jobs, on top of their 5,400 reduction that was already posted. This is quite an amazing...

Today the Dow Industrial Average took another hit, down 486 points to close at 9,139. Many would love to say it is because the United States is now very worried that Barack Obama is now president elect, but is this drop his fault? The experts are...

There are rumors that the employment situation is only set to get worse, with 1/4 of companies having a plan to reduce the numbers of their workforce through layoffs. This is a huge number, as 25% of the businesses mean a large chunk of the American...

I've been hesitant to say we are in a recession, as a recession is defined by 2 consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. We haven't actually had that. But today alone I heard story after story saying that we either are in a recession or...