Washington DC - March 12 - Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins each year at 2:00 a.m. (local time) on the second Sunday in March in most of the United States and its territories and ends on the first Sunday in November. Clocks must be moved ahead one hour when DST goes into effect.

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Washington DC - March 12 - Just as the real estate market has begun to show signs of stability, a new round of foreclosures could hit the housing industry, as reported in The Washington Post.

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Washington DC - March 12 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will expand guidance currently in place for loans to contract poultry operations meant to protect them from questionable business practices to include contract pork operations.

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Washington DC - March 12 - Manufacturers’ and trade inventories were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,310.2 billion, virtually unchanged from December 2009 and down 8.6 percent from January 2009.

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Washington DC - March 12 - The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the number of overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 reached the lowest level since 1954, declining for the 15th consecutive quarter.

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Washington DC - March 12 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it priced a secondary public offering of warrants to purchase common stock of Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc., providing an additional return to the American taxpayer from Treasury’s investment.

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Washington DC - March 12 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development has awarded $3.7 million to tribes that are developing renewable energy resources for their communities.

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Washington DC - March 12 - President Obama established the National Export Initiative to ensure that U.S. businesses can actively participate in international markets by increasing their exports of goods, services, and agricultural products.

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Washington DC - March 12 - In testimony before the House Agriculture Committee, American Farm Bureau Federation(AFBF) President Bob Stallman called on congressional members to support the Travel Reform and Export Enhancement Act, which would lift some key U.S.-imposed restrictions on trade with Cuba.

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Washington DC - March 12 - Rail freight volume on U.S. railroads is continuing to show some signs of recovery, with both carload freight and intermodal traffic during the week ended March 6 registering gains from last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

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Washington DC - March 12 - The U.S. Census Bureau announced that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February were $355.5 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent from the previous month and 3.9 percent above February 2009.

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Washington DC - March 11 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture joined First Lady Michelle Obama in announcing the innovative Apps for Healthy Kids competition to Americans as part of the Let’s Move! initiative.

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Washington DC - March 11 - Working gas in storage was 1,626 Bcf as of Friday, March 5, 2010, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 111 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 71 Bcf less than last year at this time.

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Washington DC - March 11 - A restructuring of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has been put on hold in what has become the most costly component of the federal bailout of the financial system, as reported in The Washington Post.

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Washington DC - March 11 - Nationwide air quality has improved significantly for six common air pollutants and emissions of toxic air pollutants, such as benzene, have declined about 40 percent nationwide between 1990 and 2005.

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