Talk about poor timing, now that the Tampa Bay Rays are winning they have to sell tickets through the biggest recession in decades.

A German discount supermarket known for low-priced groceries and household goods expanded into new territory Monday by selling cars on its Web site.

General Motors Corp. is still burning billions in cash, reporting a $9.6 billion loss for the fourth-quarter. Domestic and foreign automakers alike are suffering, reporting industry sales at dismal levels not seen in 26 years.

Three weeks ago, Washington was the scene for a historic day of hope, majesty, big ideas and bipartisanship.

The head of Britain’s financial regulator dismissed suggestions Thursday that the lifting of the ban on short selling of financial stocks was behind the collapse in share prices of some of the country’s leading banks this week.

A group of influential British lawmakers have written a letter to the financial regulator Wednesday expressing concern at last week’s lifting of a ban on short selling of financial stocks, which was immediately followed by a sharp sell-off in leading bank

The guys hawking Barack Obama T-shirts and trinkets on the corners of downtown Washington have some new competition in the selling frenzy building up to the president-elect’s inauguration Tuesday _ Corporate America.

QVC is traveling to Washington to mark President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration this month _ and is bringing along plenty of coins, stamps, jewelry and even a small handbag to sell.

Britain’s financial services regulator said it will lift a ban on the short-selling of shares in scores of financial companies later this month.

Minnesota is deep in the hole financially, but the state still owns a premier golf resort, a sprawling amateur sports complex, a big airport, a major zoo and land holdings the size of the Central American country of Belize.