As the deadline ticks nearer for a default on U.S. debt, small-business officials find cause for hope and alarm.
While the economy is definitely still on the ropes, many of the media's warnings may be overblown, says one money expert.
President Barack Obama and congressional leaders on Monday emerged still deeply divided over how to slash the nation's debt, with reality sinking in that even a middle-ground proposal was not big enough to succeed and would not get through Congress anyway.
Among problems spotted by the GAO: Many leave money on the table by collecting Social Security benefits before they max out.
Romney and Cain are just the latest to spend their pizza money to get a bigger piece of the political pie.
Michele Bachmann has experience and economic credentials that the GOP's presidential frontrunners lack.
Republicans showed new signs of flexibility to break a budget impasse Wednesday, but the White House raised the ante by pushing for more deficit reduction and casting the GOP as defenders of corporate tax giveaways.
President Barack Obama is renewing an old fight with the business community by insisting that $400 billion in tax increases be part of a deficit-reduction package.
Americans are making the connection between their shopping and the economy and want to buy American.
Politicians rely heavily on automated phone calls to raise funds, and households are almost powerless to block them. Almost.
