Lifestyle and Budget

Years of contention and threatened electric rate increases ended Tuesday as utility regulators approved a settlement declaring how much Mississippi Power Co. customers should pay for their share of a troubled $7.5 billion power plant.

A $7.3 billion accounting charge pushed General Motors into a $3.9 billion net loss for 2017, but without the expense the company posted record per-share earnings.

"Ask Brianna" is a column from NerdWallet for 20-somethings or anyone else starting out.

Two-time Super Bowl champ Rob Gronkowski says his advice to younger NFL players is to always have a backup plan.

Gig economy workers aren’t expected to see a major benefit from recent GOP-backed tax reform until next year, but independent contractors can still help their cause this tax season by being diligent about their business expenses.

A daughter inherited her father’s million-dollar cache of Colt revolvers from the Old West, including a rare 1876 Buntline Special.

Car salesmen call it "the payment walk," when a customer wants a new vehicle but is walked instead to the used lot because they can't qualify for a new-car loan.

California officials are proposing a bill that would imprison waiters at sit-down restaurants if they opt to offer customers plastic drinking straws.

OPTIMISM KEEPS GROWING Small business owners began 2018 upbeat about how their companies will fare over the course of the year, according to a quarterly survey by Wells Fargo and Gallup.

The automaker faces reports of exhaust odors inside Ford Explorers, with some owners claiming to suffer from nausea and vomiting.

California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman called for the boycott of the chain after a state filing showed In-N-Out donated $25,000 to the state’s Republican party.