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The Adobe Rose Inn Bed & Breakfast, 940 N. Olsen Ave., was chosen by Bedandbreakfast.com as one of the five "best undiscovered inns for romance" in the West and Southwest. The Inn is owned and operated by Marion and Jim Hook. The Web site's annual list includes inns chosen for their excellent amenities, decor and hospitality.

There are about two weeks left to register for the YWCA of Tucson's Women & Money financial literacy program. The conference on Feb. 17 at the Westin La Paloma will feature three keynote speakers: Syble Solomon, founder of LifeWise; Elizabeth Gonzalez-Gann, CEO of Janco Janitorial; and Cheryl Bakari, owner of The Center for Innovative Training. The cost is $65. The deadline to register is Feb. 12. Visit www.ywcatucson.org to download a registration form.

The Commerce Department says orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose in December by 3.1 percent, the largest gain in three months. The increase was led by a huge jump in demand for commercial aircraft and the biggest increase in orders for cars and trucks in more than two years. That gives hope that manufacturing activity will not be seriously affected by the housing-led slowdown.

Excluding transportation, orders for durable goods posted a solid 2.3 percent increase, the best showing in this category since last March. It's also much better than analysts had been expecting.

For all of 2006, new orders rose by 7 percent, a slight slowdown from an 8.6 percent increase in 2005. Economic growth slowed to a lackluster 2 percent in the July-September quarter, but many analysts now believe the overall economy grew at a respectable 3 percent rate in the October-December period.