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For the first time in several years, the Giants do not have to 'accidentally' drop their midseason report card into a lake, or 'inadvertently' feed it to the dog. After four consecutive losing seasons, manager Bruce Bochy's team is 49-39 and poised for a...

The unemployment rate could top 10% later this year, the Federal reserve said Wednesday, but the central bank also said it believes the end of the recession could be in sight.

The former Treasury secretary told bank CEO Ken Lewis that the Fed could oust the bank's management if they backed out of their proposed merger with Merrill Lynch.

Central Bank Says Economy Will Shrink at Slower Rate, Begin to Grow in 2010

Stocks rally as Intel earnings, Fed forecasts spur optimism on economy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal reserve held fire on additional asset purchases at its meeting last month because of doubts about how financial markets would react to more buying, documents on Wednesday showed.

The bank sees the economy sinking at slower pace but many will still lose jobs.

The U.S. Federal reserve expects the economy will sink at a slower pace this year than it previously thought, but that unemployment will top 10 per cent.

We are not going back to the pleistocene age of the hunter-gatherers. Instead experts indicate that the world’s population will increase from approximately six billion to nine billion by 2050--all to be fed, clothed and even fueled by agricultural products. What’s more, as people rise out of poverty, higher living standards such as greater meat consumption and personal mobility will place even more demand on food crop production (wheat, rice), animal feed (corn, soybeans), fiber (wood, cotton) and fuels (sugarcane, switchgrass). How can agriculture’s output expand so dramatically without significantly increasing its environmental footprint, especially reckless deforestation to clear land for farming? Like contemplating office space in Manhattan, we must find a way to grow vertically, by increasing crop yields.Agriculture is not natural; it is a human invention. It is also the basis of modern civilization. Yet agriculture is not uniform in its practices or productivity

HAMMONTON, N.J. - With a deep understanding of tough times - an innate sense that comes easily for farmers who are at the mercy of uncontrollable forces like weather and market volatility for their livelihoods - blueberry farmers Art Galletta and Denny Doyle were quick to join a plan to feed hundreds of New Jersey's needy.