Drivers are feeling the sting of rising gas prices, with the cost of regular gas up 15 cents a gallon just in the last month. Convenience chain Cumberland Farms hopes it can ease the pain with a new app that offers a 10 cent per gallon discount at the pump.
Comic-Con comes to San Diego this July, and it's one of the hottest tickets of the year -- a Super Bowl caliber event for fans of sci-fi, fantasy and horror. And there are plenty of those fans, which is why the studios that cater to them are banking big stock gains.
On Friday, Best Buy announced a new price-match policy that will include such online competitors as Amazon.com. But the new policy falls short in one key respect: The retailer won't match a better price you find after you've made your purchase.
In honor of Presidents Day, we've compiled a list of some fun and surprising financial facts about the men who control -- and sometimes end up -- on U.S. currency. Take a peek!
Bloomberg got its hands on some internal emails exchanged by Walmart executives discussing recent sales figures, and they paint a grim picture of the situation at the world's largest retailer. Asks one executive: "Where are all the customers? And where's their money?"
If you find yourself without a mate on Valentine's Day, don't despair: There are plenty of freebies out there to console you.
President Obama's State of the Union proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour has the retail industry on edge and fast food stocks struggling.
In Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Obama turned that old feminist rallying cry that "the personal is political" on its ear with a long list of proposals that argued that the personal is economic -- and the economic is political.
It's official: Taco Bell's much-anticipated Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco -- culinary sequel to the fast food chain's hugely popular nacho-flavored Doritos Locos Taco -- will launch on March 7.
If you've put your Valentine's Day shopping off until the last minute, there are still deals out there -- even some from the major flower-delivery services. But there are also some compelling reasons why you might want to avoid using them.
Barclays new chief executive pledged a fresh course for the British lender on Tuesday, axing at least 3,700 jobs and pruning its investment bank as he seeks to rebuild its reputation and boost profitability after a series of scandals.
Illinois state Rep. William Davis has proposed levying a 25-cent tax on athletic shoe sales, with all the revenue earmarked to fund Illinois YouthBuild, a nonprofit that provides job training for disadvantaged youth.
Russia has become the world's biggest buyer of gold. Following a policy set by long-time leader Vladimir Putin, Russia's Central Bank added 570 metric tons of gold, about 25 percent more than second-ranked gold bug China acquired over the same period.
Banana Republic's latest ad campaign is titled "Love," which might be what inspired it to join up with dating site Match.com to turn select stores into after-hours singles events on Feb. 13.
When the Baltimore Ravens' Jacoby Jones opened the second half of the Super Bowl with a 108-yard kickoff return, he didn't just put the game out of reach: He also won some lucky shoppers a lot of free stuff.