2011

Get ready to stretch your wallet. We're already seeing the signs of prices creeping up in just the infancy days of 2011. So be prepared to open wide for: 1. A Trip to the Grocery Store The USDA forecasts a 2% to 3% hike in the cost of all foods in 2011. Higher corn and soybean prices are the main...

After the long downturn, the coming year will be an opportunity for many industries to rejuvenate themselves. Independent researcher IBISWorld sorted through data on 711 U.S.-based industries to come up with these predictions of the 10 best.

World demand for oil will increase in the final months of 2010, but will be lower than expected in 2011, The International Energy Agency said. The IEA cut its forecast for 2011 demand to 1.21 million barrels per day, from 1.27 million bpd, Reuters reported. The agency also increased its estimate...

In its first detailed assessment of 2011, the International Energy Agency says that it expects world oil demand to rise 1.6% next year. The agency left its 2010 forecast largely unchanged.

Five years, and our economy will be just ducky.That's according to a recent story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, a paper I've long admired. Reporter Emily C. Dooley interviewed a handful of experts in the Richmond, Virginia area, and that was their take on the situation. That by about 2013, we're...