He quit his job and drove his wife and four young daughters across the country, lured to these faraway farm fields by the promise of a life-changing deal with an older stranger.
YMCA of the Rockies is seeking Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification for the three new lodges it’s building as part of a $40 million expansion.
A few weeks ago, Pasquale Castaldo was waiting at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport for a delayed flight, when a man sitting across from him pulled out an Amazon Kindle book-reading device.
Small businesses are still depressed. The small-business optimism index dropped in July for the second month in a row, as compiled by the National Federation of Independent Business.
Conflicting views over lingering credit problems are whipsawing financial stocks, which have outpaced the broader market in the latest leg of the rally, potentially setting the sector up for a steeper fall even as some analysts see fresh reasons to buy beaten-down stocks.