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In Texas politics, Labor Day’s arrival signals the beginning of campaign season. Candidates kick into high gear, knocking on doors and mailing brochures. Yard signs sprout in lawns across town

Frank Blake’s mellow, it’s-not-about-me style helped him move Home Depot past the emotionally charged reign of predecessor Bob Nardelli and recapture some of the culture fostered by its founders. It also syncs with his push to get the company back to its service-oriented roots.

KUWAIT CITY—Islamic finance, which prohibits charging interest, is set to double in size in five years, but the one-trillion-dollar industry must diversify and regulate to realize its full potential, analysts and economic reports say.

Schools are putting a new spin on the traditional home economics class, using it to teach valuable workplace skills.

Monterey, Calif. Tom Pernice, Jr. Early forecasts calling for the Earl to bring sustained winds of 39 mph or higher never materialized.

- Improve public transport. Most youth who start work after school or university have difficulties in getting to their workplaces. – Make it difficult for youth to own cars.

Fannie Mae is getting back in the market for mortgages with no down payment, available to new home buyers in four states.

If you are looking to buy or sell a home, you probably haven’t given much thought to who the Realtor you are working with is actually representing.

MANDEVILLE, LA – City of Mandeville, La., Mayor Donald Villere is doing away with take-home vehicles for department heads. Villere told the City Council August 26 that the mayor, the planning director, and the finance director will no longer be provided with take-home vehicles.

MANDEVILLE, LA – City of Mandeville, La., Mayor Donald Villere is doing away with take-home vehicles for department heads.