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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, 2022NEW 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, 2022NEW YORK -- Just as a trial was to begin, Major League Baseball and a group of its fans who had sued reached agreement Tuesday to expand the menu of online pac…
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,…
NEW YORK -- It would have been easy to turn on their computers at home over plates of leftover turkey and take advantage of the Black Friday deals most retaile…
Across most of America, GameStop is just a place to buy a video game. On Wall Street, though, it's become a battleground where swarms of smaller investors see …
January 28, 2021WASHINGTON -- Fourteen million Americans would lose coverage next year under House Republican legislation remaking the nation's health care system, and that nu…
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow Americ…
July 14, 2023When it comes to selling your home listen to your agent regarding the perils of emotion-driven mistakes. The stakes are simply too, too high to allow yourself …
NEW YORK -- Online retail giant Amazon is making a bold expansion into physical stores with a $13.7 billion deal to buy Whole Foods, setting the stage for radi…
LOS ANGELES -- Apple's new music service is a valiant effort to catch up in the emerging business of offering unlimited music on demand for a monthly price. It…
NEW YORK -- Buying an Apple Watch won't be as simple as walking into an Apple store and handing over your credit card.
NEW YORK -- Walmart on Tuesday reported another quarter of strong results, as its low prices attracted shoppers looking for deals in an economically challengin…
February 21, 2024WASHINGTON -- Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and get no financial help from the Affordable Care Act are bracing for another ye…
NEW YORK -- Department stores trying to recapture their appeal to consumers are making plans to provide more experiences like spas and restaurants, and offer e…
WASHINGTON -- Black Friday shopping is shifting from hours spent in line to more time online.
NEW YORK -- It's not just you. What's going on with GameStop's stock doesn't make sense to a lot of people.
January 29, 2021It surprises most millennials to learn that only about 10 percent of all retail purchases are actually made online. Each semester, when I ask hundreds of under…
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…
NEW YORK -- Alibaba debuted as a publicly traded company Friday and swiftly climbed nearly 40 percent in a mammoth IPO that offered eager investors seemingly u…
NEW YORK -- The U.S. stock market is back to setting records.