WASHINGTON — Americans cut back on borrowing in July for the first time in nearly a year. Credit card use fell for the second straight month, suggesting many consumers remain cautious in the face of high unemployment and slow growth. ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Lexmark is jettisoning its inkjet printers and laying off 1,700 workers as paper becomes increasingly passé in an age of ever-sleeker digital devices and online photo albums on Internet hangouts like Facebook. The shake-up announced Tuesday is ...

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Maryland lost 4.71 percent, or 6,494, of its small businesses from 2007 to 2010, a decrease that one fiscal policy group chalks up to the state’s tax increases. But some economic experts say that is only part of the answer.

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The Maryland/Washington, D.C. area lost 4,419 industrial jobs between May 2011 and May 2012, a drop of 2.3 percent, according to the 2013 Maryland/DC Manufacturers Directory published by Manufacturers’ News Inc., of Evanston, Ill.

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National foreclosure filings in April hit the lowest monthly total since July 2007, a new report by the data firm RealtyTrac shows. The filings, which include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, were reported on 188,780 properties in the ...

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WASHINGTON — Fewer U.S. states reported job gains in March, reflecting slower hiring nationwide. The more sluggish job growth coincides with more people seeking unemployment benefits in the past month. The trends suggest that hiring could slow in coming months. ...

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NEW YORK — The price of gold, which has climbed for years like a blood pressure reading for anxious investors, plunged Wednesday to its lowest level in three months. Gold fell almost $58 to $1,614 per ounce. It has declined ...

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A national study released Monday shows that even though national housing prices are expected to increase slightly in 2012, they will drop by 4.9 percent in Baltimore. In its monthly Home Data Index, Clear Capital researchers found prices of U.S. ...

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WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes fell for the third straight month in September after the spring-and-summer peak buying season failed to entice new buyers. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that its ...

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NEW YORK — Two companies with quirky names, Ubiquiti Networks and Zeltiq Aesthetics, made their public debuts earlier this month with listings on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Each company’s stock went up modestly on the first day of trading. Ubiquiti ...

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