Economic uncertainty often forces a shift in how we spend and save. During the Great Recession of the late 2000s — when unemployment hit 10% and home values dropped by 30% — many tightened their ...

What's good for your neighbor is good for you. Charles Bone, one of the founders of law firm Bone McAllester Norton, said that he was frustrated earlier in his career, when as attorney for Sumner ...

Economic uncertainty often forces a shift in how we spend and save. During the Great Recession of the late 2000s — when unemployment hit 10% and home values dropped by 30% — many tightened their ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For some small business owners, the Great Recession turned out to be a lesson in how to run their companies better. Many owners whose businesses failed during the recession have taken ...

The recession has provided a moment to step back and contemplate, to come to a truer understanding of life lessons like that happiness is not derived from material things. The financial downturn has ...

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US housing starts peaked in January 2006. Home prices did the same in the middle of the year or early 2007, depending on the metric. Yet the jobless rate barely rose over the 2006-2007 period, from ...

The Great Recession didn't just change the economy-it quietly reshaped how people think about money, jobs, and security. Its impact still shows up in everyday decisions, often without us realizing.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. As Montana and the West slowly recover from the recent recession, a number of lessons are ...

Take risks, but even a safe bet can backfire. Cordia Harrington, founder of Tennessee Bun Co., said that after hearing that a customer was going to go away, she found another one to replace it. But ...