http://www.klewtv.com/news/business RSS Feed for KLEW - News - Business en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:42:59 GMT http://www.klewtv.com/news/business/27227724.html Four national associations of real estate appraisers have asked Congress for major regulatory reforms in the wake of an Associated Press investigation that identified key failings within the existing system. http://www.klewtv.com/news/business/27227499.html Billionaire Larry Ellison raked in a fiscal 2008 pay package valued at $84.6 million for his work as Oracle Corp.'s chief executive and topped it off with a nearly $544 million windfall from cashing in stock options that he has accumulated during his 31-year reign at the business software maker. http://www.klewtv.com/news/business/27227284.html As the cost of gasoline soared over the past year, many small businesses took steps to mitigate the damage to their cash flow and profits. Now, even though gas has fallen from the record levels it hit in mid-July, companies are making those money-saving strategies permanent. http://www.klewtv.com/news/business/27224229.html The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards - featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. "Two hearts. One promise," one says. http://www.klewtv.com/news/business/27224164.html Thrust into the role of financial firefighter, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has taken unprecedented steps over the past year to battle the nation's worst credit and financial crises in decades. http://www.klewtv.com/news/business/27202084.html Basketball is the top sport in China and other developing markets where Nike hopes to win over consumers. Nike says its sees this year's games — which drew the company's largest Olympics investment ever — as a success. http://www.klewtv.com/news/business/26845734.html http://www.klewtv.com/news/business/27178359.html Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may or may not need a government bailout, but the turmoil surrounding the mortgage finance companies' decline has already meant four things for borrowers: higher interest rates, more fees and closing costs, bigger down payments and fewer loan choices. http://www.klewtv.com/news/business/27178244.html When Wall Street gets a whiff of recovery in small-capitalization stocks, hopeful questions often pop up about whether a nascent rebound for the overall market is taking hold. http://www.klewtv.com/news/business/27177914.html Dozens of energy companies bid Tuesday to explore nearly two million acres of the western Gulf of Mexico for oil and natural gas, but no offers were made for 90 percent of the acreage on the auction block.