On March 16, Ensign Group Inc. the parent company of the Ensign group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services and assisted living companies, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend.
About one in eight U.S. homeowners with mortgages, a record share, ended 2008 behind on their loan payments or in the foreclosure process as job losses intensified a housing crisis spawned by lax lending practices, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Thursday.
U.S. business productivity fell in the fourth quarter as output plunged at its fastest pace since 1982, while one in eight U.S. households ended 2008 behind on its mortgage or in foreclosure, according to data on Thursday that underscored the economy's weakness.
One in five U.S. homeowners with mortgages owe more to their lenders than their homes are worth, and the rate will increase as housing prices drop in states that have so far avoided the worst of the crisis, a new study shows.
Many Americans applauded the spending plans and tax breaks set out in President Barack Obama's record budget, while others questioned the yawning deficit it would entail.
Three of the world's top solar power companies on Tuesday offered a dour view of the industry as it struggles with a dearth of funding options for new projects that has driven up supplies and sent prices on solar panels falling.
President Barack Obama tidied up his economic message on Tuesday, reviving the hopeful Yes We Can spirit of his campaign and abandoning the Maybe We Can't impression he took to the White House.
U.S. President Barack Obama pledged up to $275 billion on Wednesday to help stem a wave of home foreclosures, part of a broad effort to lift the country out of recession.
Up to 9 million families would be given the chance to refinance their mortgages under the plan, administration officials said. He unveiled the plan in Arizona, a state hard hit by home foreclosures.
Obama, who a day earlier sig...
President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the next step in his multi-pronged efforts to lift the United States out of recession Wednesday, pledging up to $275 billion to help stem a wave of home foreclosures that sparked the U.S. financial meltdown.
President Barack Obama unveiled his much-anticipated plan on Wednesday to fight the U.S. housing crisis, pledging up to $275 billion to help stem a wave of foreclosures sweeping the country.
President Barack Obama was set on Wednesday to unveil a plan to stabilize the troubled housing market, a main cause of the economy's deepening slump.
Rapper DMX, whose real name Earl Simmons, 38, was sentenced to 90 days in jail Friday for convictions on theft, drug-possession and animal-cruelty charges.
San Francisco Giants' former first baseman Will Clark - one of the most popular players in history of Giants is rejoining the clubs as a special assistant in the front office.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have reached a preliminary agreement with agent right-hander Jon Garland A deal of one-year contract that includes a club option for 2010 that would guarantee the pitcher about $7 million.
Nielsen Media Research compiled a list of the top 20 shows watched during prime-time viewership hours during Jan. 5-11.
Frank Bush replaces Richard Smith as Texans promoted him to defensive coordinator on Tuesday.
Tiny diamonds sprinkled across North America suggest a swarm of comets hit the Earth around 13,000 years ago, kicking up enough disruption to send the planet into a cold spell and drive mammoths and other creatures into extinction, scientists reported on Friday.
Republican John McCain told Ohio autoworkers on Friday he supports free-trade agreements while many of them say cost American jobs in a time of economy slow down.
The economy is in a bad place and people are casting about, sometimes desperately, for ways to ease the crunch. I know this because of the contents of my e-mail inbox, which grows more outlandish all the time.
A small robotic probe will examine the planet's arctic circle to for signs of life
Wal-Mart is planning to prepare and serve fresh food at delicatessen counters in its new Marketside convenience stores, in a bit to compete with Tesco's Fresh & Easy offering.
Since Wednesday, April 30, natural gas spot prices increased at most markets in the Lower 48 States. Prices at the Henry Hub rose 27 cents per million Btu (MMBtu), or about 2.5 percent, to $11.08 per MMBtu.
