NEW YORK — Gasoline prices have finally begun their seasonal slide. Better late than never. The national average retail price has fallen for ten straight days and is now $3.74 per gallon. That’s 13 cents below the fall peak of ...

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As of the end of the third quarter, consumer bankruptcy filings in the Western District of New York were down 13.1 percent, as compared to 2011. As of Sept. 30, filings had decreased 14.5 percent in Rochester, and 12.4 percent ...

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WASHINGTON — The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week for the first time in five weeks. But the drop suggests only modest job growth after three months of weak hiring.   The Labor Department said ...

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The number of Rochester area bankruptcy filings in January remained nearly unchanged over January 2011 filings, according to figures recently released by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York. Nationally, however, bankruptcy filing figures were down ...

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Reports released on Thursday by the Bureau of Justice Statistics revealed that the number of offenders under correctional supervision in the United States declined for the second straight year in 2010. The decline was mainly due to a decrease in ...

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The number of bankruptcy cases filed in fiscal 2011, the 12-month period that ended in September, dropped 8 percent over the year before – the first decline since the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 took effect. ...

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Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac reports that the volume of distressed home sales declined across the U.S. in the second quarter.

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Bankruptcy filings nationwide and for the Western District of New York decreased last month and in the past year, according to figures calculated by the American Bankruptcy Institute in Virginia and the Administrative Office of the Courts.

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NEW YORK CITY — Home prices are falling in most major U.S. cities, and the average prices in four of them are at their lowest point in 11 years. Analysts expect further prices declines in most cities in the coming months.

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ALBANY — New mortgage foreclosure filings dropped last year in New York while still edging up nationally, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who cautioned the fallout continues from the U.S. housing crisis and recession.

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NEW YORK CITY — Home prices are dropping in the nation's largest cities and are expected to fall through next year, as fewer people purchase homes and millions of foreclosures come on to the market.

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