2009, October | featured news

Dow futures were up 30 points. The S&P Case-Shiller home-prices indexes showed U.S. home prices decreased at a slower annual rate in October, but prices were flat compared to September.

U.S. job openings and hirings fell in October, government data showed on Tuesday, highlighting the continued distress in the labor market.

The number of homes with tentative buyers reached its highest level in three years in October, as Americans took advantage of a credit for first-time homeowners.

That's 30.7% down from the same month last year. Analysts had recently forecast a 1.7% rise in housing starts.

US retail sales rebounded in October as demand for cars continued to climb even after the expiration of government sponsored incentives.

The USA just slogged through its wettest October on record, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration announced ...

Some analysts are now predicting higher levels of holiday spending than in the year before.

The concert documentary set a box office record for an October Tuesday.

US consumer confidence fell sharply in October as fears about job prospects prayed upon Americans, figures show.

Michael Vick, sidelined from pro football for two years in the wake of a dogfighting scandal, has received a conditional reinstatement from the NFL, clearing the way for him to return this season.