Old habits die-hard and die-hard habits rarely get old. Case in point this past weekend as Bobby rocked the Beacon, the Raiders took a spanking (New York teams have outscored Oakland 82-7 this season

Any old-time newspaper editor will tell you that local news is important to local readers.Therefore, a dog fight on Main Street is more important to Mr. and Mrs. Jones than a drought in Timbuktu that

"Gerber baby" is synonymous with “cute, all-American child.” Just one thing: Gerber is part of Nestle (NSRGY), the Swiss conglomerate best known for chocolate. Few shoppers j

Does anyone else feel as if this has been an extremely long week? With global leaders (one block) to the left and policymakers on the right, the data points and wild whips keep on coming as we edge o

“The Autumn wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun. He'll knock you 'round and upside down and laugh when he's conquered and won.”- John FacendaThere are no moral victories in the NFL b

Why are Pebble Beach and Rockefeller Center suddenly popping into my crowded keppe? Bharti Airtel Ltd., India's biggest mobile-phone company, and South Africa's MTN Group Ltd. have announc

“I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this.”-- Harry DunneIt was perfectly planned, a summer sojourn to end the season and recharge my batteries for the home stretch

After four years of searing pain, the US housing market is finally showing signs of life. And even as the causes and relative sustainability of this nascent “recovery” are being hotly deb

It took the Wall Street Journal an entire survey to prove what readers of this column have known for months: The housing recovery, as it plays out, will be a localized event, varying greatly city to

Place your bets: Which major American city will become the first to lose its newspaper? San Francisco suddenly looks like a good bet. Hearst Corp. says it must cut costs at the San Francisco Chronicl