Inflation Worries Push Consumer Confidence Down
Shoppers' worries about juggling rising gas and food prices and other household costs pushed the Consumer Confidence Index down sharply in March.
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Shoppers' worries about juggling rising gas and food prices and other household costs pushed the Consumer Confidence Index down sharply in March.
Amazon.com Inc. wants to be more than a destination for shopping online: It also dreams of being a place where you can store your music, photos and videos and access them any time, from any computer.
Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to declare an end to California's 3-year-old drought.
The auto industry disruptions triggered by Japan's earthquake and tsunami will worsen in the coming weeks.
Is a girl's bikini top described as "padded" asking kids to grow up too quickly?
An Italian governor says he will offer a compromise to the Getty Museum in the long-running dispute over priceless antiquities.
Add "Facebook depression" to potential harms linked with social media, an influential doctors' group warns, referring to a condition it says may affect troubled teens who obsess over the online site.
Consumer spending rose in February at the fastest pace in four months, but a big part of the increase went to cover higher gas prices.
The 20th Century Fox family sequel "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" debuted as the No. 1 movie with $24.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The world's most famous solar-powered Ferris wheel will go dark for an hour Saturday night in observance of Earth Hour 2011.
Millions of people worldwide are expected to turn off their lights for an hour Saturday night as part of the annual Earth Hour call for energy conservation.
One ticket with all six numbers in the multi-state Mega Millions draw was sold in upstate New York, but runner-up tickets worth $287,323 were sold at 7-Eleven markets in Inglewood and Redondo Beach.
U.S. Mazda dealers are suspending orders for vehicles built in Japan because of disruption in the supply of parts caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
OMG! The exclamatory online abbreviation has won the approval of the Oxford English Dictionary.
The average price for a gallon of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in Los Angeles County has passed the $4 mark for the first time since Aug. 19, 2008.
