msnbc.com: Business

• Johnny comes marching home — to no job
  National Guardsmen are coming home from Iraq to face a new enemy – a swooning economy that has landed like a KO’d heavyweight on the canvas of their home towns.
• Economists point to rising debt as next crisis
  The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt, which is a staggering $11.4 trillion — about $37,000 for every American.
• Hot dogs replace steaks this Fourth of July
  Americans will be throwing more hot dogs and hamburgers on their backyard grills rather than steaks this holiday as the recession and high unemployment crimp celebrations.
• ‘Car guys’ retrain but downshift to lower pay
  Big, burly and a "car guy" since high school, Tom Persinger worked for years at General Motors. Now he's a nurse's aide earning $12 an hour. "I've been humbled quite a bit," he said.
• Older job seekers struggling with age barrier
  Like many unemployed older workers, 64-year old Allan Kellum fears his age has made it harder to find a new job.