(The L.A. Times)—The average price of regular gasoline at U.S. pumps slid to the lowest level in almost four years, dropping 18.2 cents in the...
Bruce Horowitz, USA TODAY (USA Today)—The minority consumer may be the unlikely hero of holiday 2014. With the economy mostly back on its feet thank...
Karen Brigsby Bates, NPR (NPR.com)—Cosmetics giant L’Oréal purchased Carol’s Daughter, a beauty company that sells natural hair and skin products for black women, earlier this week....
Gary Strauss, USA TODAY HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (USA Today)—Cash-strapped Sears Holdings rose 4.5% to $35.95 Thursday following a report that it plans to close 116 Sears...
GOSIA WOZNIACKA, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon expanded its investigation into discrimination at the Portland truck-making plant of German automotive giant Daimler AG after...
(National Monitor) – Middle-class individuals throughout the United States have a median of just $20,000 total saved for retirement, compared to the $250,000 necessary to sustain...
Strong North American sales lead 3rd-quarter figures TOM KRISHER, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) – Big profits from rising SUV and truck sales in North America...
NEW YORK (AP) — Looking for the holiday season’s hot toys, like anything related to Disney’s “Frozen”? Or maybe you’re not picky and just looking for...
PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters may not know it, but the millions of dollars paying for ads on ballot measures they will consider...
BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California company that promised lucrative returns for a few hours of work at home was fined $25...
TOM KRISHER, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is now urging owners of nearly 8 million cars and trucks to have the air...
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After posting yet another disappointing quarter, McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson said Tuesday the company hasn’t been...
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola said it plans to slash costs by $3 billion a year after the world’s biggest...
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft has given its new CEO Satya Nadella a pay package worth $84.3 million, most of it in the form of...
HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com and Hachette Book Group remain in a months-long standoff, but the online retailer has reached a...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would likely save taxpayers $39 billion in spending on...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses were much less likely to boost pay in the third quarter than in previous months,...
Michael Flaherty, REUTERS (Reuters) —The top 113 earners among staff at the Federal Reserve’s Washington headquarters make an average of $246,506 per year, excluding bonuses...
Susan Berfield, BLOOMBERGBUSINESSWEEK.COM (BloombergBusinessweek)—Wal-Mart (WMT), the country’s biggest private employer, has been criticized by activists and by its own workers for not paying living wages or providing full-time...
Chico Harlan, THE WASHINGTON POST CULLMAN, Ala. (The Washington Post) — The love seat and sofa that Jamie Abbott can’t quite afford ended up in her double-wide...
(New York Times) – Bank of America said on Wednesday that its profit fell sharply in the third quarter, weighed down by a large legal charge related to its...
(Bloomberg) – Toyota Motor Corp. made its fourth global recall involving more than a million vehicles this year, as the world’s largest automaker begins operating with stricter supervision...
(Forbes) – McDonald’s is desperately looking to change the image of their food – from unhealthy (and, apparently, unnatural) to something closer to how people see...
AboutThatCar.com By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist MIDDLEBURG, Va. – We came here to get a look at Volkswagen’s offerings for the 2015 model year....
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist MIDDLEBURG, Va. – We came here to get a look at Volkswagen’s offerings for the 2015 model year. Normally,...
