Fretful before the Fed Stocks fell sharply Tuesday as investors retreated from the market a day before the start of the Federal Reserve's highly anticipated two-day policy meeting.
Stuck! Homes sit longer on the market The tell-tale sign of a stagnating real estate market? When homes for sale start lingering - and that's exactly what real estate brokers and other industry watchers say they're seeing now.
Making a dream retirement real After a quarter-century on call, Dr. Calvin Dixon is making plans to go off duty. In eight years, the 57-year-old pulmonologist would like to shed the demands of his Dallas-area practice and retire.
GM rally may be out of gas General Motors stock had a nice run this year as the troubled automaker worked hard to cut costs.