Knight-Ridder Tribune

The building trades, traditionally dominated by men, increasingly are employing women at all levels, including as heads of their own companies. Here, and on the following pages, is a look...

There's something in the air these days. Call it hemp, cannabis, Mary Jane, doobie or ganja. Call it reefer, roach, cheeba, grass or pot. Or call it by its given...

As auto prices spiral, consumers are financing their cars over longer periods to keep monthly payments to a minimum. That strategy often is financially shortsighted, experts say. Though extending the...

During a lifetime, a person may work in several states before finally retiring. Unfortunately for workers, most states have laws allowing them to track down former residents and collect taxes...

Despite the sluggish real estate market, Sacramento warehouse king Buzz Oates is enjoying a boom in his signature business. That's because the type of thing Oates builds-big warehouses for large...

Doctors have found nothing wrong with Elizabeth Capo. She walks, talks, runs and plays like many other 11-year-old Miami girls. She's perfectly healthy. Yet nearly every night, just before dinner,...

When Aetna Life & Casualty pulls the last of its 500 employees out of Center City in 1995, the company will have left behind eight empty floors in prestigious One...

Six golf courses and resort properties have been sold by the Resolution Trust Corp., bringing $404 million after three hours of high-stakes bidding during a recent auction here. The Dallas...

G. Lars Gullstedt, the ambitious Swede who spent $50 million buying several Midtown Atlanta blocks to build a European-style development, has been declared bankrupt in Sweden. The Swedish national news...

She had gotten home from her night-shift job at 5 a.m. By 11, she was in her car, cruising the parking lots of supermarkets, scouting the grounds of municipal parks,...