By Marc Lifsher and Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times
Escalating its fight to thwart a new levy on Internet purchases, Amazon.com says it will ask California voters to overturn a state law...
By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times
The Obama administration moved Monday to ease some requirements on states to help them set up new insurance exchanges in 2014, a key feature...
By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times
Individual investors have grown disenchanted with stocks. Want proof? Google it.
By Scott J. Wilson, Los Angeles Times
The higher your credit scores, the better shot you have of getting a loan or credit card application approved. Improving your credit...
By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times
The gig: Efrem Harkham, 55, is the founder and chairman of Luxe Hotels, a Los Angeles company that owns two local hotels and Luxe...
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times
Meet the newest crop of farm vehicles: Porsche Carrera, Mercedes SL550 and BMW Z4.
By E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times
Mortgage rates moved higher this week after spending a month within a hair or two of 4.5%, according to the latest survey from home loan...
By David Lazarus
In this hyper-connected age of cellphones and iPads, few of us have to use pay phones anymore. But it still happens, especially when you'...
By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times
Retailers beat June gloom last month, delivering surprisingly strong sales results thanks to lower gas prices, widespread discounting and...
By David Lazarus
What is it about consumer protection that Republican lawmakers don't like? Is it that they want to see their constituents fleeced and...
Associated Press
Colossal sales lured consumers into stores last month, but what's going to keep them shopping during the slow economic recovery is anyone'...
By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times
China raised its benchmark interest rates for the third time this year in a clear move to tackle inflation, which hit a 34-month high in...
By Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times
In one of the largest real estate sales since the last boom, investors have purchased the Pasadena headquarters of engineering company...
Associated Press
European stocks struggled to extend last week's gains Monday after Standard & Poor's warned that a recent French proposal to get...
By Liz Weston
Dear Liz: My parents never developed good behaviors when it came to money. They didn't save, budget or make good spending decisions....
By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times
Stung by a new breed of sophisticated thieves, the nation's major retailers are fighting back.
By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times
The gig: Chemical engineer and biochemist at Caltech in Pasadena. Frances Arnold, 54, specializes in the creation of new proteins,...
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times
Consumers facing fewer choices and higher prices throttled back on vehicle purchases, dampening auto industry sales in June.
By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times
The prospect of a resolution to the Greek debt crisis, bolstered by Greek lawmakers' approval of a sweeping austerity plan, has buoyed...
By Marc Lifsher and Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times
Saying it won't force California customers to pay sales tax on their Internet purchases, Amazon.com is severing ties with 10,000 small...