Small-business owners need to realize that business operates in cycles. During the growth or maturation phase, businesses purchase equipment and hire employees. Eventually, they grow so large they can ...

The legal fallout from MLB’s contraction of 25 percent of affiliated minor-league teams continues two years later. The owner of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, a San Francisco Giants affiliate until it ...

A simple rule for when to go to the hospital for labor is the 5-1-1 rule for timing contractions. That said, it’s not always easy to recognize labor. Share on Pinterest Let’s hope you have a timer ...

A contraction is the phase of the business cycle when the economy declines, often with falling real GDP and rising unemployment, moving from peak toward trough (expansion, peak, contraction, trough).

If your contractions come regularly every 5 to 10 minutes, it's time to call your doctor. Watch for signs like your water breaking or bloody vaginal discharge, which indicate labor might be starting.

Labor contractions can feel like intense cramps or pressure. Braxton-Hicks contractions do not follow a pattern and may stop with activity. Early labor contractions become more regular and stronger ...