Electronic toy hamsters called Zhu Zhu Pets are the breakout hit of the holiday season. Why the fuzzy creatures will clean up at the cash register
Faced with the sudden collapse of its plan to sell Saab to Sweden's Koenigsegg Group AB, a disappointed General Motors must now confront the possibility of shutting Saab down
A showdown is looming between retailers and bargain-hunting shoppers over who will blink first at the cash register this holiday season
The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to the lowest level in over a year
The Washington Post will close its remaining U.S. bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago at the end of the year to save money and will focus news efforts on covering the nation's capital
Private-equity firms, such as Blackstone, KKR and Carlyle, have bought thousands of companies over the past decade using mostly debt. In a new book, author Josh Kosman argues that these leveraged acquisitions will produce the next financial meltdown
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I've never been able to play a Tony Hawk video game. Not well, anyway.
Barbara can have her upbeat housing statistics. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis delivered a downer today, revising its estimate of third-quarter GDP growth from 3.5% to 2.8%.
In all the chaos of holiday shopping season, you can easily get talked into paying extra for some sort of extended service plan you don't want, or into signing up for a credit card that saves you 10% upfront
Trimming the home budget doesn't have to mean more macaroni and fewer cable channels. Here are five ways to smartly - and painlessly - cut your family's expenses.
Talking about the future of technology is a little like talking about the future of the future. Where do you start? Luckily, we had help from some of the smartest folks in tech — all previous TIME 100 honorees. Strap on your rocket pack and let's go
From a rocket of the future to a $10 million lightbulb, here are TIME's picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year
The housing bust hasn't just brought down prices. Size is shrinking, too, as Gen Y homebuyers now call the tune
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