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Reeling from significant declines in assets, area foundations are tightening their belts and expecting more competition for grants in coming years....

More pain from the housing crunch: Home Depot's profit falls 24%, although the company beats the Street and reiterates full-year guidance.

Producer prices rise more than expected. Oil jumps after several days of declines.

Real estate prices continued to post steep year-over-year declines during the three months ended June 30, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

Retail gasoline prices fell on average almost a penny overnight, extending declines for the 24th straight day, a survey of gas station credit card swipes showed Sunday.

Retail gasoline prices fell, on average, a penny overnight, extending declines for the 23nd straight day, a survey of gas station credit card swipes showed Saturday.

Retail gasoline prices fell, on average, more than a penny overnight, extending declines for the 22nd straight day, a survey of gas station credit card swipes showed Friday.

Declines in many overseas markets in the last year have been greater than those in the United States. And there is a sense they might be approaching a top of the economic cycle.

Americans saw their net worth decline by $1.7 trillion in the first quarter, as declines in home values and the stock market ravaged their holdings.

U.S. employers slashed jobs on their payrolls for the third straight month in March, the longest period of declines since early 2003, while unemployment rose to a nearly three-year high, two more signs that the economy has fallen into a recession.

Construction spending fell in February, according to a government report released Tuesday, but the decline was less than expected.