NEW YORK -- Americans boosted spending at a hotter-than-expected pace in March, underscoring how shoppers remain resilient despite inflationary pressures and o…
April 16, 2024
WASHINGTON -- Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in November as higher mortgage rates and prices continued to squeeze would-be buyers out of the mar…
NEW YORK-- As shoppers have bought TVs and toys so far this holiday season, they've shown a desire for deals but also an inclination for some impulse spending,…
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NEW YORK -- In just two weeks, the cost of pecans for the pies at Peggy Jean's Pies in Columbia, Missouri, has surged nearly 40%, perplexing co-owner Rebecca M…
January 17, 2022
NEW YORK -- Retailers worked hard to attract shoppers to stores on Black Friday, offering in-person deals meant to counter the ease of shopping by phone on Ama…
Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as the head of Twitter in a poll the billionaire created and promised to abide by. But by Monday afterno…
December 20, 2022
WASHINGTON -- Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U…
May 11, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) -- American consumers absorbed another surge in prices in May -- a 0.6 percent increase over April and 5 percent over the past year, the bigges…
June 11, 2021
NEW YORK -- The U.S. stock market is back to setting records.
A turbulent day on Wall Street ended Tuesday with stocks climbing nearly all the way out of a steep, broad sell-off that at one point erased more than 500 poin…
WASHINGTON -- Black Friday shopping is shifting from hours spent in line to more time online.
NEW YORK -- Stocks finished a volatile day slightly higher on Monday after reversing a steep slide caused by uncertainty over inflation-fighting measures from …
January 25, 2022
FRISCO, Texas -- A federal appeals court cleared the way Thursday for the NFL to impose a six-game suspension on Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott over domes…
In a healthy economy, prices tend to go up -- a process called inflation.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in January, as the rising costs of housing and health care were largely offset by cheaper oil.
NEW YORK -- MoviePass is trying to bring to movie theaters what Netflix did for DVDs and online streaming: Let subscribers watch as many movies as they want fo…
Many of us are welcoming the warm weather and a chance to be outdoors. But for those who suffer from springtime allergies, the outdoors can be unpleasant. Seas…
Many of us are welcoming the warm weather and a chance to be outdoors. But for those who suffer from springtime allergies, the outdoors can be unpleasant. Seas…