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Steak eaters are making due with hamburger -– or going meatless altogether -- to avoid being eaten alive by food inflation.

Just when crude is becoming more costly to extract and process, producers in three key countries are short of cash. And without that money, recent finds won't do much good.

Amateurs investing in easy-to-access ETFs may be helping turn that boom into a bubble. But rising demand is real, so a little speculating might be worth it.

Depending on your circumstances, paying extra to lengthen a warranty on an electronics purchase could be a smart option -- or a waste of money.

There are other ways young adults can establish credit and learn financial responsibility before getting that first card.

But weakness in financial stocks, such as Bank of America, pulls the Dow and S&P 500 lower. Crude oil tops  $117 as the pump price of gasoline hits $3.50. Coal stocks jump. Texas Instruments earnings disappoint.

Pattie Simone learns first-hand that hiring an assistant she's never met can be tricky but fruitful.

Don't make too much of last month's rally. Market fundamentals tell me the big picture is still far from clear.

For the second consecutive year, the discount retailer edges out ExxonMobil on the magazine's list of America's biggest companies by revenue.

Carnival operators in Alaska, landscapers in Pennsylvania and sugarcane processors in Louisiana are just a few of the thousands of small businesses imperiled by a Congressional standoff concerning H-2B visas, which allow seasonal foreign workers to enter the country legally.