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Soaring prices are driving people to actively search for cheaper gasoline. How far would you go to save a few cents per gallon? And is it really worth the hassle?

Stocks dropped sharply on Monday as investors worried that Italy could be seized with political paralysis, stymieing the country's economic reforms and causing another flare-up in the region's debt crisis. 

Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Monday following the first weekly decline in the S&P 500 this year.

Silicon Valley firms are known for cushy perks: free food, bringing your dog to work and so on. But starting in June, Yahoo employees will lose the benefit of working from home.

Barnes & Noble Inc. Chairman Leonard Riggio has told the board he plans to buy the retail assets of the company including Barnes & Noble Booksellers Inc and barnesandnoble.com, but excluding the Nook Media business.

The economy is slowly hobbling back to health, but for many Americans the rainy day fund is still looking a little dry and the credit card bill is still looking a little scary.

As the clock ticks down in another federal budget battle, warnings are growing more dire about the consequences of not reaching a deal by the end of the month. Here’s a look at what caused the impasse and what it may mean for most Americans.

Comedy "Identity Thief" snatched the weekend box office title in the United States and Canada during its third weekend in theaters, narrowly beating new action movie "Snitch" as Hollywood focused on Sunday evening's Academy Awards ceremony.

Earth's increasingly hot, wet climate has cut the amount of work people can do in the worst heat by about 10 percent in the past six decades, U.S. government scientists reported on Sunday.

Paul McIlhenny, the chairman and chief executive of the Louisiana company that makes Tabasco brand pepper sauce, has died at age 68, the McIlhenny Co said on Sunday.

Perhaps the most apt nickname for the Oscars is "the Super Bowl for women," because it's one of the most important events of the year for advertisers — arguably the best occasion to reach a captive audience of women.

U.S. investors face another Washington-imposed deadline on government spending cuts next week, but it's not generating the same level of fear as two months ago when the "fiscal cliff" loomed large.

When it was launched more than a quarter-century ago, Acura transformed the way Americans thought about Japanese cars, proving that the Asians could challenge the well-established European and domestic luxury brands. But the initial success of the Honda subsidiary proved far too fleeting and in recent years, Acura has lagged in the back of the premium pack. Can it make a comeback?

Michigan has a serious PR problem on its hands, if you believe two studies this week that ranked its cities among the saddest, most depressed in America.

Stocks finished near session highs Friday, recovering from a two-day slump, lifted by upbeat economic data from Europe.

Boeing gave U.S. aviation regulators its plan to fix the volatile battery aboard its new 787 Dreamliner on Friday, even before investigators know what caused the batteries to overheat on two planes last month.

A gold statue is nice, but Hollywood A-listers nominated for Oscars will get a consolation prize even if they don’t win: a $47,802 goodie bag.

Cheapism has zeroed in on four top picks that consistently offered for less than $50 with a new contract.