British Revised GDP

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks dropped on Wednesday as economic data buttressed worries over the health of the world economy and signs emerged of slowing merger activity. Each of the major indexes fell more than 2 percent shortly after the open, sending the S&P 500 and Nasdaq …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose slightly this week but remained near their lows for the year.

Longtime White House correspondent Brian Karem writes a weekly column for Salon. “To live outside the law, you must be honest.— Bob Dylan How screwed are we? I’ll tell you. On Wednesday, the news was all about a big bag of wind destroying Florida and flooding the South, spreading destruction and threatening pestilence and death. […]