WASHINGTON -- Construction of single-family homes fell in June to the slowest pace in 17 years although a change in New York laws helped give a big boost to apartment building.

In a long-awaited federal ruling issued late Wednesday, the bankrupt SCO Group was ordered to pay Novell $2.6 million in royalty payments on Unix licenses collected from Sun Microsystems.

Record gas and higher food prices fueled inflation along the Wasatch Front, driving consumer prices up 1 percent in June from the previous month, according to a Wells Fargo & Co. report Wednesday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Thinking about retirement? Think hard.

NEW YORK -- Oil prices settled sharply lower for the second time in a row Wednesday, leaving crude more than $10 cheaper in just two days of frenzied trading and prompting speculation that the hard-charging market may be running out of steam.

Geothermal power plant coming to Iron Co.

WASHINGTON -- When Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver asked Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday when the nation's financial woes would end, he was expressing the yearning of many on Main Street and Wall Street that the yearlong pain would soon be over.

SCO ordered to pay $2.55M to Novell