Boston

For the past few months, reports have repeatedly affirmed that the economy is slowly improving. However, as one recent study highlights, some areas are recovering much faster than others.

Shoppers at New York's Oscar de la Renta spend more per visit than at any other retail site in the country -- more than $3,000, according to consumer finance website Bundle's "most expensive stores" list. But what pushed that Madison Avenue store above and beyond its high-fashion rivals?

City dwellers know that finding an affordable downtown parking spot involves cutthroat competition. And in some urban centers, even the winners pay through the nose for a place to stash their cars. Find out where the rates are worst (and the high price we all pay for "free" parking.)

It's time to celebrate, kids. For many of you, spring break is just around the corner. Great news, unless you were so busy with school (or partying) that you didn't make plans. But so long as you have a bit of cash saved up, you actually can get away for spring break. Expedia, Travelocity and...

The John Hancock Tower, Boston's tallest building, will be sold to real estate investment trust Boston Properties Inc. (BXP) for about $930 million.

The restaurant reservation site OpenTable has launched heavily discounted Groupon-style vouchers for restaurants in Boston and New York that save you 40% off your tab. There is only one deal in each city, however, so don't get your hopes up too fast. For both deals, you pay $25 for $50 worth of...

Making the rockets red glare and bombs burst in air isn't cheap. Fourth of July displays can cost up to several million dollars. Find out where the most awe-inspiring (and most expensive) fireworks can be seen this July 4.

Credit cards will take a traveler a long way in our cashless society -- as long as that traveler isn't trying to take a cab in Las Vegas. Taxis remain among the last holdouts in U.S. society's transition to plastic, a lesson travel writer Randy Diamond has learned the hard way.

Summer means travel, and if there's one city that has an overflow of college students -- and diversions to entertain them -- it's Boston. Money College blogger Abby Wise took to the road; here's her report from Beantown on 10 entertaining options that won't break your bank, but will make you feel...

Apparently no one told Rupert Murdoch that the recession is over. Murdoch's Wall Street Journal (NWS) is closing its Boston bureau, according to a memo sent out Thursday by managing editor Robert Thomson. "The economic background to the closure is painfully obvious to us all," wrote Thomson, adding...