NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Oil futures fell 2% Friday in volatile trading, as U.S. stocks also headed lower, erasing earlier gains. Oil for January delivery dropped $1.05 to $48.35 a barrel in electronic trading on Globex

21 Nov 2008

With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach. Bush signed an extension of jobless benefits into ...

21 Nov 2008

Crude-oil prices sank below $50 a barrel, and the average cost of a gallon of gasoline at the pump hovered just above $2, a free fall in prices that is reverberating through the economy. The sudden reversal -- the fastest and sharpest since 1980 ...

21 Nov 2008

The moment of truth in the nation's automotive bailout debate might have come this week. As the CEOs of GM , Ford and Chrysler begged Congress for federal aid, a Detroit radio talk-show host asked whether Michigan, as well as the car companies ...

21 Nov 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Florida government's pocketbook is turning a brighter shade of red. State economists began their much-anticipated revenue estimating huddle Friday with a basic agreement that revenues had fallen somewhere between $1.2 billion and $1.5 ...

21 Nov 2008

Story Tools GAME NOTES: The UC-Irvine Anteaters will try to climb into the win column for the first time this season when they host the Oregon Ducks in a non-conference meeting at the Bren Events Center. The Ducks waddled into the season with a slim ...

21 Nov 2008