“The Starter Wife,” premiering tonight on USA Network, picks up from last year's miniseries of the same name. Adapted from a novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer , the miniseries lost about half its audience across its five-episode run, but it also ...

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 ...

Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart's Earmarks Raise Eyebrows - HispanicBusiness.com

Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart has procured millions in federal funding to benefit a small Miami-Dade defense-contracting group that has donated tens of thousands of dollars to his political campaign and that of his brother, fellow U.S. Rep. Mario ...

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 ...