A for-sale sign at a Smyrna, Ga., home in March. An index showed home prices in 20 areas fell 18.7 percent that month. By DAVID STREITFELD Home sales may be up in many parts of the country but prices continue to scrape along the floor, raising fresh …
Thousands of workers marched from the Mirafiori factory in the northern Italian city to near the headquarters, where union leaders gave speeches.
Investors rushed into stocks on Monday, including those for many Austin-based companies, based on news of increases in pending US home sales and construction spending for March.
After surging unexpectedly in February, new homes sales declined slightly last month, while prices continued to tumble.
By CATHERINE TSAI , 04.17.09, 05:48 PM EDT Colorado’s unemployment rate jumped 0.3 percent to 7.5 percent in March, the highest rate in nearly 22 years, the state Department of Labor and Employment said Friday.
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) – While Michigan yet again posted the highest unemployment rate of all states in the United States in March, many of its western neighbors were not far behind, the Labor Department said on Friday, showing no state is …
By LM SIXEL Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle The unemployment rate for the Houston area in March was 6.5 percent, the same rate as in February, the Texas Workforce Commission reported this morning.
Washington, April 16 – Housing starts in March fell by a larger than expected 10.8% to a 510000 annual rate while building permits issued in the month fell to a new record low, the Commerce Department reported today.
Housing starts fell 10.8% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 510000 from 572000 in February. It’s the second-lowest rate since the 1940s. …