Walgreens recently opened a $175-million distribution center in Windsor, CT, where 30 percent of the workforce will be people with disabilities. ...

Neil M. Barofsky, the special inspector general appointed by President Bush in November to oversee the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program, issued a scathing 250-page report today that ripped the Treasury Department's plans to bail out the nation's banks. Barofsky told Congress that what began as a $700-billion bailout last fall has evolved into a $3-trillion bonanza that is being administered with l ...

The Empire State Building soon will stand as a model for retrofitting existing structures for environmental sustainability. Five leading consulting, design, non-profit and construction partners—including the Clinton Climate Initiative, Rocky Mountain Institute, Johnson Controls Inc., and Jones Lang LaSalle—are undertaking a $20 million project that aims to reduce energy use by 38 percent and energy costs by ...

Following on the "popularity" of last week's Worst Idea, this week's contenders are the governor of Texas and the pirates of Somalia. ...

The renowned rating agency, which somehow missed the insolvency of Wall Street's fraud factories, has downgraded the creditworthiness of every local government in the country. ...

Monroe, LA has won 200-300 new jobs by 2011 as Gardner Denver Thomas company consolidates its Wisconsin manufacturing operations to the South. ...

The Innovate Texas Foundation got started this week in Austin to serve as an umbrella organization that will help Texas compete with other states attracting technology companies. ...

Here's my nomination for the Worst Idea of the Week—and yes, it's only Wednesday but I'm confident this gem will not lose its luster before next Monday. You probably know this: the recessed U.S. economy is plagued by layoffs; a staggering 663,000 jobs were shaved away by employers in March alone, bumping the national unemployment rate to 8.5%. Many projections forecast that 1 in 10 people will be without wo ...

Consumed by guilt, former U.S. Treasury Chief Hank Paulson has donated his net worth to charity and is now peeling potatoes at a soup kitchen. ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has moved into a newly renovated, 32,000-square-foot building in Jacksonville, FL, adding 150 officers and personnel. ...