I’m not sure what happened last night. I was tinkering around on the Web, just surfing news, and lost track of time. When I looked up, it was midnight. Not good when you have to wake up at 4:30

Stocks stopped to catch their breath after recent robust rallies, but the Dow did post a fifth straight gain to end at its best level since October of ‘08. For the market overall, optimistic in

Equities ended mixed in unusually tight trading. Buffett was a buffer against broader declines with his big railroad bet, but a downgrade of the semiconductor sector left Intel (INTC) (-2.68%) e

Last week, I confessed to a frugal heresy. Namely, we don't clip coupons. So how are we saving money if we're not busy annoying the people in line behind us with a huge coupon stash?In a nutshell, we

The route was certainly circuitous but stocks ultimately staged a modest rebound from Friday’s ugly action. Ford’s (F) $997 million profit hoard, a three year high in manufacturing,

As of October 11, there have been nearly 400,000 confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 worldwide and more than 4,735 deaths reported to the World Health Organization, which estimates that the case count i

Avian influenza (H5N1), sometimes known as bird flu, is a highly contagious animal disease caused by viruses that infect birds and, less commonly, pigs. On rare occasions it has crossed over to human

When last we caught up with researcher Jim Taylor, vice chairman of The Harrison Group, he talked all about the emerging new resourcefulness of consumers. This week, delivering an update on the behav

How is the consumer feeling?Not so great, it turns out.We learned this week that the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) slipped to 47.7 this month from 53.4 last month. Consumers’ perceptions of c

So I'm writing a column about how to save money. I should be clipping coupons and showing you how to get stuff for free, right? All sorts of money-saving columns out there offer tips or discuss the t