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The Web is a treasure-trove of information for bringing down the skyrocketing cost of groceries -- even if you can't bring yourself to spend time clipping coupons.

Even in a slowing economy, we'll keep eating, feeding livestock and driving. So corn growers (and the industries that support them) should continue to do well.

The Fed didn't act, but don't let that stop you. I've spotted three battered buys: a big financial name, a gambling play and a Chinese restaurant chain.

There's good reason to cast a cold eye on estimates of proven reserves. By indifference or design, there's simply no source for reliable information. 

All the things we bought (and charged on our credit cards) have come home to roost -- and a lot of us don't have anywhere to put them. So we spend more to store them.

As a teen, Bob Williamson 'got all hung up in drugs and all that nonsense.' Decades of hard work later, his company has 173 employees and sales of $26 million a year.

Giant brewer InBev wants to take over Anheuser-Busch, the company behind 'the Great American Lager,' picking a fight with the Busch family and a lot of U.S. beer drinkers.

Employing a spouse, or a child, can be a great way to save on health benefits and taxes. Here's what you need to know.

Don't wait around for your excellent service to pay off. Instead, build a network for word-of-mouth marketing.

Here's why working out is good for your waistline and your bottom line.

Starbucks' chief caffeinista faces penny-pinching customers, a plunging stock price, and competition from Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's. Can Howard Schultz keep his company from getting creamed?

Stocks rise, then fall back as the central bank signals that fixing a slowing economy is Job 1. But inflation, the Fed says, is a growing problem. Oil falls on a supply boost. Goldman Sachs says 'Sell Boeing.' Research In Motion earnings disappoint.

These days, Will Payton avoids crowds. They petrify him. The entrepreneur and Iraq war veteran recently overheard his 9-year-old daughter telling her 14-year old sister how excited she was about visiting Disneyland.

 North America is still home to the most millionaires, with a third of the world’s wealthiest, but their ranks are growing fastest in Brazil, China and India.

Everybody talks about global warming and high gasoline prices, but who, really, is doing anything about it? Entrepreneurs, that's who. In my upcoming book, The Plot to Save the Planet, I chronicle the small-business owners who are creating the green houses, cars, and energy sources that will slash our fuel bills and help clean up our ecosystem. For the first time, big money is available to back their efforts. In 2007, venture capitalists invested $5.2 billion in green tech, up 44% from the previous year. Meet mavericks who are working on creative (and potentially lucrative) solutions to our energy challenges.