Easter 2012 Showing Signs Of Real Economic Turnaround?
With retail purchases on Easter up across the nation, CBS13 went to a local business today that believes the economy is turning around. But is it?
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With retail purchases on Easter up across the nation, CBS13 went to a local business today that believes the economy is turning around. But is it?
The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.
Across the country, record high gas prices have put a dent in the pocketbooks of nearly everyone.
Causing a bank to lock its doors may end up costing students more than just easy access to an ATM.
Born out of necessity in this brutal economy there is now a different type of child support. This one involves teenagers looking for work in record numbers -- trying to help their parents make ends meet.
Sacramento's fiscal forecast is finally changing from gloomy to growth. A report being released Wednesday shows the region's economy bottomed out in early 2011 and is now in a slow recovery.
California's unemployment rate dipped slightly to 11.9 percent in September but has not moved significantly from where it has been through most of the recession.
Most of the Occupy protests have been in large cities, but now part-time protestors are showing up in smaller cities. Are they conveying the same message as their larger city counterparts?
Bank of America will cut about 30,000 jobs over the next few years in a bid to save $5 billion per year. The cost-cutting drive is part of a broader effort to reshape and shrink the nation's largest bank as it copes with fallout from the housing bust.
Employers stopped adding jobs in August, an alarming setback for an economy that has struggled to grow and might be at risk of another recession.
A new report out today says housing prices will not make a comeback this year. The report suggests it's going to take at least two years before median home prices return to levels from the first quarter of this year.
State Treasurer Bill Lockyer says there's no reason the ratings downgrade of the federal government will have an immediate effect on California.
California's economy is staying soft into the summer, with the state unemployment rate for June rising slightly even as employers added workers.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he's spending several days in California "chasing jobs" and calling on companies that have investments in his home state.
Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month. Employers added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent.
In a healthy economic recovery, states and localities start hiring, expand services and help fuel the nation's growth.
The job market in the U.S. is showing some signs of a recovery. The unemployment rate in March dropped to 8.8 percent.
A majority of Californians say their personal financial status is stabilizing compared to previous years, but fewer than half say the state remains "one of the best places to live," according to the results of a Field Poll released Friday.
Home prices and sales dipped in California from year-ago levels as "short sales" and sales of foreclosed homes accounted for more than half of home resales in the state.
California's unemployment rate has dipped slightly but still remains far higher than the national average.
A Sacramento job fair highlighted an unexpected challenge for some unemployed people hoping to get back into the workforce. Many of those unemployed are being 'if you don't have a job, don't bother applying'.
Gavin Newsom pledged to bring more of California's entrepreneurial spirit to the Capitol as he was sworn in as California's 49th lieutenant governor.
The growth in bankruptcies around the country slowed significantly in 2010 from its breakneck pace in recent years.
