Growth in the solar energy industry, powering ahead at about 30 percent a year, is threatened by the soaring price of polysilicon, the primary material used in photovoltaic cells.

In Gilbert, even town leaders take their workouts seriously.

Healing the nation’s sick, injured and infirmed has grown into an industry that provides 11 million jobs for Americans. Moreover, the U.S. Department of Labor projects that jobs in healthcare will increase 26 percent by 2008, which translates into 2.8 million new jobs.

With home sales still in a slump, Valley builders and real estate agents are working to mend strained relationships between the two sides and boost business for everyone.

MINNEAPOLIS - In the 2½ years since Gordon Ommen cofounded US BioEnergy Corp., the company has quietly grown into one of the country’s top ethanol producers, with plans to double in size this year and grow its capacity to 1 billion gallons a year by 2009.

The economy may be slowing, but business at thrift shops, resale and consignment stores in the Valley, state and nation is booming.

NEW YORK - The travel industry's grim outlook worsened Monday, and airline and hotel stocks gave back some of last week's heady gains, on fears that a war could be more drawn-out than investors originally anticipated.

WASHINGTON - Wholesale prices fell by 0.3 percent in June, the biggest decline in a year, as energy and food costs retreated. Big industry production was down as well, suggesting the economy hit a rough patch.

Led by north Tempe and the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport area, the Valley’s industrial real estate market experienced a dramatic recovery this year after nearly tanking last year.

NEW YORK - President Bush’s victory in Tuesday’s election is shaping up as a potential bonanza for Wall Street, where firms are salivating about the possibility that he will follow through on his pledge to allow private investment of Social Security funds.

Nearly 30,000 runners are expected to take to the streets of Tempe, Scottsdale and Phoenix today as the second annual P.F. Chang’s Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon sprints to action.

Each workday morning, Dana Arnold removes a silver angel dangling from her desk lamp and reads aloud the words written by Helen Keller etched on the angel’s back: "One can never consent to creep ... when one feels an impulse to soar."

NEW YORK - Wall Street displayed some welcome signs of stability Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 190 points in a relatively calm session despite some downbeat economic news. Even the last hour of trading, lately a period of turbulent activity, was comparatively quiet.

NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average swept past 14,000 for the first time Tuesday after a relatively tame inflation report gave investors reason to continue a recent run-up that began in earnest last week.

Sun Citians’ interest in where Surprise decides to locate its four medical marijuana dispensaries is a clear one: safety. Thursday night, Surprise planning commissioners discussed ground rules for locating the dispensaries and public safety concerns for both those frequenting the establishments and others who live near the facilities.

NASHIK, India - Bulls lumber down dusty roads, cow-dung patties bake in the sun, and women in bright saris pluck grapes from manicured fields, their bangles jangling with every toss.

East Valley companies scooped up three of the five Manufacturer of the Year awards presented Tuesday night by the Arizona Association of Industries.

From data communications, customer support, networking, Internet technology, engineering manufacturing, and more, workers for jobs in the high-tech arenas are in high demand.

Scottsdale-based Allied Waste Industries, the nation's second-largest waste hauler, is scaling back its income expectation for 2004 because of higher costs to improve its internal operations and a lagging economic growth.

John Krogstad moved from Los Angeles to Mesa in late June and is now in the early stages of searching for an administrative professional job.

NEW YORK - A rap industry insider has quietly cut a plea deal with authorities investigating alleged ties between a music label and the city's violent drug trade.

Sun Citians’ interest in where Surprise decides to locate its four medical marijuana dispensaries is a clear one: safety. Thursday night, Surprise planning commissioners discussed ground rules for locating the dispensaries and public safety concerns for both those frequenting the establishments and others who live near the facilities.

Sun Citians’ interest in where Surprise decides to locate its four medical marijuana dispensaries is a clear one: safety. Thursday night, Surprise planning commissioners discussed ground rules for locating the dispensaries and public safety concerns for both those frequenting the establishments and others who live near the facilities.

Tom Patrick is the E.F. Hutton of Arizona golf. When the founding father of the state’s watchdog Golf Industry Association speaks, people listen.