By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times
As a Realtor in Orange County, California, Gary Thomas lives at the epicenter of the last decade’s epic housing boom and bust that is only now beginning to release the economy from its withering grip. Published May 18, 2013 Comments
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Obama violated the Constitution when he made a recess appointment to the National Labor Relations Board, marking the second panel to rebuke the administration and making the issue even more likely to draw Supreme Court scrutiny. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Ben Wolfgang and Tim Devaney - The Washington Times
Two of President Obama’s second-term personnel picks that have attracted conservative and business opposition moved a step closer to confirmation Thursday. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By MATTHEW CRAFT - Associated Press
Cisco Systems led the Dow Jones industrial average slightly higher Thursday after the technology company reported higher sales. Mixed corporate earnings and economic reports kept the major stock indexes flipping between slight gains and losses. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Christopher S. Rugaber - Associated Press
A plunge in the cost of gas drove down a measure of U.S. consumer prices last month by the most since December 2008. Excluding the drop in fuel costs, prices were largely unchanged. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
BP is seeking to stop paying millions of dollars in what it calls spurious compensation claims stemming from the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Published May 16, 2013
By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
From pro athletes who waste money at their charitable foundations to federal employees who don't pay their taxes, legislators have a few suggestions for whom the IRS should have been scrutinizing instead of going after partisan organizations. Published May 15, 2013
By Dave Boyer and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
President Obama forced acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller to resign Wednesday and said he will cooperate fully as he and Congress try to clean up the tax agency after it admitted targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny during last year's campaign season. Published May 15, 2013
By Matthew Craft - Associated Press
The stock market continued its climb Wednesday, despite a handful of disappointing economic reports. Published May 15, 2013
By Christopher S. Rugaber - The Washington Times
Sharp drops in fuel and food costs reduced a measure of U.S. wholesale prices in April by the most in three years. Outside those volatile categories, inflation stayed tame. Published May 15, 2013
By Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press
U.S. manufacturers cut back on production in April as auto companies cranked out fewer cars, factories made fewer consumer goods and most other industries reduced output. The weakness suggests economic growth may be slowing this spring. Published May 15, 2013
By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times
The rapid growth of U.S. oil production is transforming global markets and easing supplies just as China and the rest of the developing world move to overtake the developed world for the first time in consumption, the International Energy Agency reported Tuesday. Published May 14, 2013
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times
Journalists of all stripes — along with politicians, analysts and scores of others — are hammering the Obama administration for its admitted collection of Associated Press telephone records. Published May 14, 2013
