Consumer Borrowing Rises For 4th Consecutive Month
Consumers borrowed more in January to purchase new cars but were once again frugal with credit card purchases, offering a mixed sign of their confidence in the economy.
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Consumers borrowed more in January to purchase new cars but were once again frugal with credit card purchases, offering a mixed sign of their confidence in the economy.
There's a new romance in publishing -- and it's happening online.
Southwest Airlines Co. has joined a sweeping increase of $10 in the price of many domestic round-trip airfares, citing the need to offset high fuel prices.
Western Digital Corp., the world's largest maker of hard drives, on Monday said it is buying Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, the third largest, for $4.3 billion in cash and stock.
The crisis in Libya is reaching Southern California as oil prices continue to push higher.
The Golden State is now the nation's leader when it comes to highest gas prices -- surpassing Hawaii and Alaska, where gas prices are almost always the highest in the country.
To date, 19 executives have been charged with wrongdoing -- four have gone to prison -- and 21 airlines have coughed up more than $1.7 billion in fines in one of the largest criminal antitrust investigations in U.S. history.
One hundred and eighty jobs have been cut by UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement in Santa Ana as part of a company consolidation.
A partnership led by Hugh Hefner has succeeded in taking Playboy private.
Even as new data shows the state's jobless rate slipped slightly in February, millions of Californians still remain out of work.
Some 62,000 grocery store workers may have no choice but to walk out on Sunday when their contract with Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons expires.
The drop, however is bittersweet: retailers joined state and local governments in slashing payrolls by up to 30,000 jobs.
With LA Fashion Week just around the corner, now is the time for local brides to own a couture-inspired wedding gown thanks to a first-ever union between celebrity designer Kirstie Kelly and Costco.
Major U.S. airlines are raising prices to cover rising jet fuel prices.
Mazda has fingered an unusual culprit in its new safety recall -- a spider.
