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As the cost of health care skyrockets, how are hospitals making ends meet? We'll look at the competition for patients and how hospitals market their services to get more people in the door.

The country's unemployment rate hovers at 10 percent, and job cuts in January were at a five-month high. But a few recent announcements may give job searchers some hope: CarMax, Ford, Starwood Hotels and Oracle Corp. say they plan to add hundreds — or even thousands — of workers.

Wall Street, spooked by a slew of gloomy earnings reports out Wednesday, shrugged off the latest White House measures aimed at stabilizing global markets and instead pushed the Dow sharply lower. World leaders will gather Nov. 15 in Washington to address the global financial crisis.

San Diego drivers are paying an average of $3.77 for regular unleaded gasoline right now, which is about 25 cents higher than a month ago. We speak to U-T reporter Onell Soto about why gas prices are increasing right now, and if we can expect prices to continue to climb in the spring.

The U.S. financial landscape has been reshaped by unprecedented intervention by the federal government. The Treasury Department called for the creation of a new agency to buy troubled loans from companies and said it would offer insurance for retail and institutional money market funds.

San Diego independent bookstores will lose some competition when Borders declares bankruptcy. But they are not celebrating the news, which they see as a blow to the bookstore business.

A San Diego economist says the city has several fiscal challenges but should be able to make it through the recession. A city councilman is calling for a better accounting of San Diego’s expenses.

A second humanitarian aid ship is heading toward the Gaza Strip in the latest attempt to defy a three-year Israeli naval blockade. For ordinary Gazans, life remains difficult: Most people rely on food aid and are living below the poverty level, and a sense of hopelessness pervades.

In this economy, who in their right mind would quit their job and move to a new city where they don't have any contacts? That's exactly what thousands of military spouses do each year. They don't have a choice. The unemployment rate for military spouses is 26 percent.

Republicans want to see rates cut to about 4 percent for 30-year fixed-rate home loans for borrowers with decent credit. The move could help to prop up the housing market, and it could save millions of homeowners a lot of money if they refinanced.