Lifestyle and Budget

A growing percentage of renters believe it is cheaper to rent than to buy a home, which helps explain why the homeownership rate remains persistently low.

Amazon has tightened its stranglehold on the e-commerce business.

Lakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen the persecution of Christians around the world.

A Salt Lake City-based startup has figured out a way to grow real human skin for burn victims in less than 24 to 48 hours, instead of using traditional skin grafts that could take weeks.

The argument over whether you should invest or pay off debt usually focuses on financial numbers, such as rates of return and interest charges.

A letter written by one of the Titanic's passengers a day before the ocean liner sank has sold for 126,000 pounds ($166,000) at an auction in England.

If you set a retirement savings target but have been neglecting it, you need to dust it off for a careful review.

As Congress and President Donald Trump continue to battle it out in Washington over health care reform, talk show host and cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Mehmet Oz, says the fight should be directed at reducing Americans’ waistlines.

Tesla ranked 21st out of 27 brands in Consumer Reports' annual reliability survey. Toyota was the big winner.

JetBlue announced Thursday it is ending its partnership with certain online travel agencies that provide ticket sales, in an effort to reduce the airline’s costs.

If President Donald Trump prevails in shutting down a major "Obamacare" health insurance subsidy, it would have the unintended consequence of making free basic coverage available to more people, and making upper-tier plans more affordable.

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates slipped this week after two straight weekly gains.

Tax season begins in just a few months, which means there's precious little time left to prevent unwelcome tax surprises next April.

Big blue chip companies remain your surest path to retirement security.

Children in lower-income families spend more time watching TV and using electronic devices than kids in more affluent homes, according to a survey released Thursday.

In the wake of a data breach that compromised the information of 143 million individuals, consumer credit reporting agency Equifax now faces a proposed class-action lawsuit that one firm says could be the largest in U.S. history.