The NA710N | Join The NA710N
The Joey Reynolds Show
Saturday 1am-6am
The WOR Saturday Morning Show
Saturday 6am-9am
The Economy

The Economic Struggle


WOR NEWS and WOR710.COM PRESENT: 'WHERE THE JOBS ARE 2009'


You've heard it in our newscasts, you've found us on the web, now it's time to get you back to work! Here are the hottest TOP 6 Career Tips WOR News has found to get you started!

Economics News


Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year


Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over the small bank in Fort Myers, Fla., with $79.7 million in assets and $76.7 million in deposits.Central Bank, based in Stillwater, Minn., agreed to assume the deposits and assets of Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida. The failed bank's sole branch will reopen Monday as a...

Louisiana businessman indicted in alleged Ponzi scheme


A Louisiana businessman was charged Friday with engaging in a Ponzi scheme to defraud about 160 investors - mostly elderly people - out of roughly $19.5 million and using some of the money to pay for cars, cruises, sports tickets and a house.A federal grand jury indicted Matthew B. Pizzolato, 26, of Tickfaw, on charges that include securities fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice. FBI agents arrested Pizzolato in Hammond about an hour after the grand jury handed up its 64-count...

Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens


Invefffstors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market.Stocks fell for a third straight day Friday as a disappointing outlook from computer maker Dell Inc. suggested that an economic recovery could be uneven. The major indexes all had moderate losses, leaving the Dow Jones industrials with a slim 0.5 percent weekly gain while broader indexes slid.The market, which has been shuttling between concerns about the economy and traders' need to find high-yielding...
Economic News Videos
Lou Dobbs Podcasts and More Economic News
Ads by Google
The 710

New Blog Stories on WOR


Marathon Miracle


In a previous blog, “A Runners Wife” I spoke about my husband training for the NYC marathon. All I have to say is that the months of training all came together of an amazing race. Race day is a grueling day for runners, and the family. But a miracle happened...

Pray for Us


U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the senate judiciary committee and basically shrugged when asked if any other enemy combatant captured overseas had ever been brought to civilian criminal court to face justice. Talk about an incompetent boob, not to mention a disgrace.

Great food matched with lovely wines


Here is a list of wines all from Spain, and menus from restaurants in Brooklyn where a crew of us  did a food / wine crawl through Carrol Gardens and Williamsburg recently
Powered By InterTech Media, LLC