economy

Before you pony up to the bar and down pint after pint of Guinness to keep up with your Irish friends, you might want to check out the actual price of Guinness.

Inflation strikes, forcing cancellation of a popular springtime horse show at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse.

This could help an estimated 200,000 workers per Upstate county.

Mortgage rates are where they were in 2002. The housing market crashed and interest rates went way up. In New York, it's deja vu all over again.

Half a billion dollars in state aid may be headed our way and Central New Yorkers are hoping to revitalize our city with that money!

Sure New York is the home of Wall Street, and the robust business world that is Lower Manhattan, but as a whole, the Empire State only has the 12th healthiest economy in the United States.

For a while now we've been hearing about the micro-brewing industry growing in Upstate New York and now the Fulton Chain Craft Brewery Company is planning on bringing a nano-brewery and tasting room to the Old Forge region. Through Kickstarter they are getting the message out about their craft brewery plans. They are also looking for investors.

When the South Park episode spoofing the Blockbuster dilemma aired many thought, yeah, they'll probably shut down soon, and that day has come. Blockbuster will close its 300 remaining U.S. stores by early January next year. Their DVD-by-mail business, just like Netflix, also will shut down by mid-December 2013.

Fast food giant McDonald's is trimming the beef, in a big way.  The Angus burgers is being eliminated, at least temporarily.

Does this make you more likely to shop at Wal-Mart? Would you like to see more companies show more economic patriotism? If you haven't heard, Wal-Mart announced on Tuesday (January 15th) that it's rolling out a three-part plan to help further stimulate our economy by hiring more than 100,000 veterans over the next five years. Wal Mart also plans to spend $50 billion on American-made merchandise in

Over the last few months, there has been some data that suggests the sluggish economy could be improving. Mainly, the unemployment rate, which has dropped to 8.3 percent after reaching a 26-year high of 10 percent in late 2009. However, according to a new survey from Poll Postion, the public is split on whether America is entering into a period of economic recovery.

Just about everyone was hit hard by the bad economy and had to change their lifestyles in at least some small way. Now that we’re all attempting to regain our footing, there’s actually one group of people having a harder time doing so than everyone else.