CLEARLY, there are worse jobs than working on a show that sends up Hollywood excess. On location in Malibu recently, cast and crew of the new USA series " The Starter Wife " worked happily, as stars Debra Messing, David Alan Basche and Hart Bochner ...

GM, Ford say not considering bankruptcy - Forbes

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (nyse: GM - news - people ) and Ford Motor Co (nyse: F - news - people ) both ruled out Friday seeking bankruptcy protection at a time when slow auto sales and the credit crunch have rattled investors and sent ...

U.S. job cuts accelerate, recession fears rise - Forbes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut 159,000 jobs last month, a ninth straight monthly reduction and the deepest in 5-1/2 years, the government said in a report Friday that suggested the economy may be in recession. The Labor Department report ...

Alliance reports nearly 500 new jobs for '07 - Times and Democrat

The Central South Carolina Alliance, a 10-county regional public/private partnership that includes Orangeburg and Calhoun counties, helped bring a total of $114 million in capital investment along with about 490 new jobs to the counties in 2007 ...

For bailout to work, housing market needs to mend - USA Today

NEW YORK — Washington's financial bailout plan is now law. So the credit spigot will start flowing again, banks will resume lending, and an economic recovery can begin, right? Wrong. Experts say the most important thing that needs to happen before ...