Personal Finance

NEW YORK (AP) — Swipe your card and sign. It's a reflex that credit card holders may soon have to suppress at the register.

Product flaws don't always have measurable consequences. But their potential impact can still be serious, as with lights that don't work properly.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Grocery shoppers will tell you that their bills are getting bigger from week to week.

BOSTON (AP) — Cash is comforting. That's the belief many investors embrace when the stock market starts to head south or swing wildly.

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is swinging wildly and the economy is barely registering a pulse. And that presents some opportunities for consumers.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you're anything like me, your cellphone and its built-in camera is always on you, while your digital camera gathers dust at home.

NEW YORK (AP) — The lockout is over and pro football fans are looking forward to the pre-season kickoff Thursday. Riding that wave of anticipation, DirecTV is offering new subscribers...

When is an emergency not an emergency? In health care, that can be a costly distinction.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade the credit rating of long-term U.S. debt has unleashed a flood of responses from critics and defenders.

If Taylor Isaacs was a hot dog, he would fight off Ketchup with a plastic, cocktail sword.

Q: Our 15-year-old has saved his money, and he'll buy a car next year. When he buys it, should the title be put in our names or his?

Common household products that few would say are dangerous occasionally inflict surprising injuries when manufacturing flaws are involved.

Everyone makes mistakes. Shoot, we’re only human, right? From time to time, we might trip on our shoelaces or leave the freezer door open. It happens.

Overall, the number of consumers who sought to either refinance or obtain a home loan rose 7.1 percent in the week ending July 29, but the increase only brought the total mortgage market back to levels observed last month, according ...

BOSTON (AP) — Money-market mutual funds have passed their first big test since the 2008 financial crisis.