By MICHELLE GROENKE, United Press International
CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Retailers are anticipating a jolly holiday as shoppers get off to a fast and early start to the holiday season.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
"It's going to be a rough evening -- everybody saying a lot of pleasant things to each other."
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Gold went the wrong direction Wednesday, at least as far as the standard logic goes, falling 1.5 percent to 1,721.60 per troy ounce.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Is it understood that China denies it is a currency manipulator? That seems like a fair question to ask.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Finance leaders in Europe are haggling once again over the rescue of Greece with three basic scenarios available to them.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
Budget talks in Washington are threatening to put stock markets on a short leash, much as painfully slow bailout talks in Europe have in recent years.
By MICHELLE GROENKE
CHICAGO, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. consumers say the deals had better be good if retailers want them to spend their money this weekend.
By ANTHONY HALL, United Press International
What a turkey! Yes, it's time for the first annual business page What a turkey! awards, given with gratitude and humility -- and plenty more from where they came.
By MARCELLA S. KREITER
CHICAGO, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- It's 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving and the turkey still is in the freezer. Is the holiday ruined? Will this mean pizza for dinner? What's a novice cook to do?
By MICHELLE GROENKE
CHICAGO, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Grim economic figures and the fear of unemployment are doing little to put a damper on Halloween celebrations this year, with a record 170 million people planning to spend as much as $8 billion to celebrate the ghoulish holiday, retailers say.
By MICHELLE GROENKE
CHICAGO, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Food prices are up, but the global economy -- rather than a lack of rain in the U.S. Corn Belt -- are likely to blame, a U.S. food marketing expert says.
By MICHELLE GROENKE
CHICAGO, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Job satisfaction ranks higher than benefits and pay as the reason U.S. workers stay with their current employers, a survey by the American Psychological Association suggests.
By MICHELLE GROENKE
CHICAGO, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- School cafeterias are taking on a colorful new look this fall as students across the country sit down to lunches that feature red sweet peppers, yellow squash and purple cabbage.
By MARCELLA S. KREITER, United Press International
CHICAGO, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- In 1992, Bill Clinton made "It's the economy, stupid" his successful presidential campaign's mantra. Twenty years later, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney would do well to take a page from Clinton's playbook.
By MARCELLA S. KREITER, United Press International
No matter how loudly Republicans maintain they're going to repeal healthcare reform, with the U.S. Supreme Court decision on its constitutionality behind us, it's time for states to begin implementing one of the law's signature provisions: setting up insurance exchanges for those who have to buy health insurance on their own.
