Small Business

Soon after the freefall started in 2008, building companies folded, real estate agents found different careers and buyers learned they could make offers as low as they wanted. Builders, agents, buyers and sellers scrambled to alter their strategies and business plans to find success or keep businesses open.

The bookkeeper on Friday admitted stealing nearly $800,000 over 10 years from the Buffalo property company where she worked.

First-time buyers like Valenti and Barbieri are key to the health of residential real estate. So there is concern, at least on the national level, that there might not be enough of them to sustain the housing recovery.

Arkansas residents will soon be paying a bit more sales tax as a result of a ballot initiative for state highway improvements that voters approved last November.

A growing number of U.S. workers are creating a second source of income by starting their own businesses while also working a full or part-time job, a trend known as "moonlighting."

Retail employment in central Ohio is shifting away from stores and toward logistics activities such as trucking and warehousing, a new report on Franklin County retail activity shows. And while employment in the sector continues its decline, the rate is slowing.

Workers in Washington state are making more money these days, according to the latest findings from the state Employment Security Department.

Ruling clears way for collection of taxes on Internet cigarette sales