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The hunt is on for Best Buy's next CEO, but it won't be an easy post to fill: The hard truth is that the concept of the consumer electronics superstore is becoming less relevant with each passing year.

TopRetirements.com has named the 10 worst states in which to retire, based in factors such as taxes and climate. Every retirement is unique, but before you end up living out your golden years chilly and underfunded, check out this list.

Wall Street and the media have been fixated with the debt crises in countries such as Greece, Portugal and Ireland. But we're not hearing nearly enough about a much bigger economy closer to home that's on the brink of disaster. We're talking about California -- the eighth largest economy in the...

Ongoing problems with scams being run on Facebook -- including one that pretended be to from a state legislator -- has led to an inquiry by Connecticut's attorney general about how the social networking giant is dealing with fraud on its pages. Just days after Consumer Ally reported that a U.S....

Electronics retailer Best Buy has agreed to pay $399,000 to settle allegations that it advertised lower prices on its website, then charged customers higher prices at some of its stores.

Connecticut's attorney general has told one of the marketplace's most trusted symbols of consumer protection, the Better Business Bureau, that it risks losing its credibility if it favors those who pay for membership over those who don't. "Any suggestion or appearance of 'pay-to-play' threatens to...

A McDonald's Happy Meal toy connected with the movie "The Last Airbender" is being targeted by the head of the Department of Consumer Protection in Connecticut after he learned of an incident in which one of the figures was blamed for cutting off the blood-flow to a child's brain. Consumer...

State attorneys general from across the nation are investigating Google and its Street View mapping service after an admission from the search engine giant that it collected consumers' personal information over unsecured Wi-Fi networks in the U.S. and more than 30 countries while taking map...

In spite of the fact that Connecticut's Mohegan Indian tribe's Mohegan Sun Casino ranks among the most successful gambling operations on the East Coast, the USDA granted it a $54 million loan.

A Connecticut heating oil company has agreed to reimburse consumers up to $100,000 after the state's department of consumer protection accused it of engaging in unfair billing practices during the 2008-2009 billing season. Based on more than 40 consumer complaints, Phoenix Oil, LLC of Stonington,...