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Southwest Airlines Reports 40th Consecutive Year Of Profitability

For the 40th consecutive year, Southwest Airlines posted an annual profit, reporting a net income of $417 million in 2012.

2013/01/24

Dallas' Main Post Office (Jay Gormley/CBSDFW)

Post Office Reports Record Loss Of $15.9B For Year

The struggling U.S. Postal Service is reporting a record annual loss of $15.9 billion.

2012/11/15

Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price told a group of citizens to "go to Hell" on February 15, 2011. (credit: KTVT/KTXA)

Details Of John Wiley Price Federal Complaint Released

Federal court records unsealed Thursday show that last year the FBI seized $229,590 from a safe in Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price’s home. The cash, most of it in $100 bills and bundled in bank sacks, is alleged to be the proceeds of money laundering and bankruptcy fraud.

2012/05/31

FBI Search Warrants Look At Commissioner Price’s Personal Finances

As FBI and IRS agents investigate Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, legal experts say it always comes down to following the money. FBI agents are looking for any evidence of theft or bribery, money laundering, fraud, and tax evasion.

2011/07/13

Consumer prices rise 0.3 percent in August

Consumer prices posted a small rise in August, but outside of a big jump in volatile gasoline prices, inflation was essentially flat.

2010/09/17

Senate clears hurdle on bill to aid small business

The US Senate cleared a key hurdle Tuesday toward passage of a bill endorsed by President Barack Obama to provide billions in aid and tax breaks for small businesses hurt by the struggling economy.

2010/09/14

Ernie Brown's Final Word for 08-24-10

Financial advice and influence changes so quickly these days, it’s hard to know which person to listen to-

2010/08/24

How to Fix the Economy (Audio)

Slate and Newsweek columnist Daniel Gross joined me to talk about all the deficit hysteria out there as well as what needs to be done to move the economy in the right direction. Audio after […]

2010/07/16

Do Unemployment Benefits Make People Lazy? (Audio)

Tea Party darling Sharron Angle, who is running for senate against Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada, has suggested people won’t get up and go find a job if their unemployment benefits are extended. As […]

2010/07/07