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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Chrysler plans to overhaul its cars with technology from its new Italian partner, Fiat, and says it has the cash to pay for it, helped by the U.S. government and lower costs.
(USA Today) -- When Sharon Sakson was laid off recently from her job as a television writer and producer, she burned through her savings to pay the $2,400 monthly mortgage on her home. But she soon decided it didn't make sense: Her home was worth thousands less than the mortgage she carried on it.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A key data service says U.S. retail sales figures are mostly rebounding from their dismal levels last year but are still below October 2007.
Columbia, SC (WLTX)-- Starting today, hundreds of families lined up at the State Fair grounds to register for Christmas presents with the Salvation Army.
Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- With the economy hitting everyone's pockets these days, News19 did some research to find some surprising things you can get for free.
Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- According to the State Comptroller General's Office, 15 local governments have begun posting their spending online for public viewing.
Minnesota (KARE) -- For Keith Browning, opening the mail these last few months has been an exercise in patience.
(USA Today) - The movement to reform bank fees is accelerating as Congress takes aim at controversial industry policies that encourage consumers to fall into debt on their checking accounts.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lender CIT Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a potential blow to the thousands of small and mid-sized businesses that rely on the company for loans to keep their operations afloat.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A study says workers in more than half of U.S. households will likely be unable to retire at 65 at the same lifestyle they enjoy today.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- A summit at Duke University and the University of North Carolina will address whether the recession has disproportionately affected blacks.
WASHINGTON (USA Today) - Recipients of stimulus aid created or saved more than 640,000 jobs this year, the Obama administration said Friday in its most complete accounting yet of the $787 billion plan's impact on the economy.
(USA Today) -- Taxpayers ended up paying an average of $24,000 per vehicle for the cash-for-clunkers program over the summer when sales that would have happened anyway are taken into consideration, says car-buying research site Edmunds.com.
NEW YORK (USA Today) - Ignoring warnings from Wall Street skeptics is as American as apple pie - especially when stock prices are rising and investors are making lots of money, as they have since the market took off in early March.
(WLTX) -- "Cheap! Forget the frugal, he's just plain old cheap!" Ann Kelley laughs at her husband. "Not really, most people don't realize how frugal I am," Kenneth Kelley jokes along.
Columbia (WLTX) -- With the biggest announcement in state history in terms of jobs and investment, Boeing's assembly plant in South Carolina could mean a ripple of improvement across the state.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Relief is on the way for thousands of unemployed South Carolina residents.
Columbia, SC (AP, WLTX) -- In one of the biggest economic developments for South Carolina in recent history, Boeing has announced it's moving it's new jet production line to North Charleston, which means thousands of jobs will come to the state.
