State legal officials say satellite radio company made it hard for people to cancel contracts and misrepresented fees

New line was created exclusively for Amazon's Prime members to get more shoppers to sign up for the $99 annual program

Businessweek's nods to the biggest innovations since its founding include Walmart, the Pill and kitty litter

RealtyTrac released an analysis of real estate markets and identified only six that have emerging housing bubbles

Also, company and Microsoft terminate deal in which the software giant pledged to invest as much as $605M in Nook business

Rates have fallen in recent weeks amid economic slowdowns in Europe and China, and the start of a recession in Japan

Bank could pursue large-scale purchases of government bonds, a step which involves pushing newly created money into the economy

Fewer claims for jobless aid have been matched by greater hiring as the unemployment rate has declined to 5.8 percent

A sound retirement plan includes a strategy to address the threat of potentially ruinous expenses

Last month, the retailer announced that it is might sell 200 to 300 of its buildings to boost its liquidity

Are they a shopper's best friend or another pesky Big Brother monitoring our every move?

Dow and S&P 500 futures were both little changed after U.S. stock indexes posted new highs Wednesday

Hint: It's not a party or a gift card or even a nice bag of dried beans -- in fact, it's pretty obvious

​This year, many kids aren't looking to elves for gift inspiration; they're going online, where other children are influencing toy sales and Christmas lists

As the busy holiday shopping season gears up, a few simple measures are often enough to keep consumers safe

Russian firearms maker Kalashnikov is reinventing its deadly gun as a "weapon of peace"

Restaurant workers in dozens of cities have walked off their jobs; demand higher industry minimum wage, right to unionize

An aging and expanding U.S. population means lots of new jobs will need to be filled -- and they pay well

A Federal Trade Commission consumer expert has some tips on keeping your money and identity safe during the holidays

A promising reading on private sector job growth and stabilizing oil prices set the stage for another all-time high