Food is expensive, gas remains stubbornly high and winter’s big heating bills are coming. Since loans are tough to get and our retirement funds are shrinking fast as the stock market crashes, we’re sharing thought we’d share some old-fashioned penny-pinching tips. Some come from readers who responded to business reporter Sue Stock’s request for suggestions. Others come from the misers on our …

McCain vows greatest comeback yet (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Republican John McCain confessed his White House odds looked daunting as rival Barack Obama built a commanding poll lead, but insisted he was the experienced hand that a nation in crisis requires.

PPI May Ease In September, Barclays Says (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - We look for the September Producer Price Index (PPI) to decline by 0.5 percent month-over-month, predict the analysts at Barclays Capital. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, we expect the core PPI to rise 0.2 percent month-over-month, or 3.8 percent year-over-year.

Denver Considers Raises For Managers (KMGH 7 Denver)
On the same day President George W. Bush announced the federal government will buy ownership in the country’s major banks to try and salvage the economy, a Denver city council committee considers raises for some of its top-paid managers.

A Small-Business Depression? Think Again (US News & World Report)
Credit markets are not frozen yet, and it’s nothing compared to 1929