Investors’ focus this week: Dubai, holiday sales

Investors may have to do some emotional juggling as the trading week begins.

Employers play Dr. Mom to limit flu impact

Big businesses are spending serious time and money trying to limit the swine flu pandemic’s impact on operations.

Dubai exchange nosedives as trading resumes

  Dubai's main stock exchange dropped nearly 6 percent on Monday, the first day of trading since officials went public with the city-state's huge debt crisis.

Detroit needs housing recovery for pickup sales

  At Kevin Haner's construction company in Las Vegas, three of the four Dodge Ram pickup trucks are starting to get a little old.

Retailers seem more prepared for tepid sales

Sales may have risen only slightly on Black Friday as U.S. shoppers sought deals on electronics, toys and clothes, but retailers appeared to have been better-prepared

Hotels, like home owners, behind on payments

Your Career: Job fears fuel gossip at work

  The recession not only ushered in unprecedented job cuts and economic pain but also seems to have opened the door to more whispers around the water cooler.

Holidays pose challenges for the jobless

For the 15.7 million workers unemployed, and perhaps especially for the 5.6 million of those people out of work for six months or more, the holidays present a host of challenges.

Signal fading on radio traffic reports

Even as traffic reporters have had their wings clipped in recent years, the airwaves ahead appear even more bumpy.

Retailers seem more prepared for tepid sales

Sales may have risen only slightly on Black Friday as U.S. shoppers sought deals on electronics, toys and clothes, but retailers appeared to have been better-prepared