Added on: 26 July 2008, 3:01 am
Feds close Scottsdale-based First National Bank of Arizona (The Arizona Republic) After problem loans, real-estate slump, sold to Mutual Bank of Omaha

Added on: 26 July 2008, 2:17 am
Business Letters (Los Angeles Times) The July 23 Business section reported some disturbing news: " United, Jet Blue to cut flights " and the effect these and other airline cutbacks are having on local airports; " 2 banks post billions in losses "; and that " Bush sees a ‘hangover’ in economy " and notes problems in the housing market.

Added on: 25 July 2008, 6:24 pm
Second jobs look good in downturn (Pahrump Valley Times) Local Realtor Joe Opatik recently was hired as a department manager at Home Depot, one sign of the downturn in the real estate business. Opatik is one of a number of Pahrump people with real estate licenses who are looking at other sources of income.