Lifestyle and Budget

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is considering matching online prices from competitors like Amazon.com, raising the stakes for the holiday shopping season.

Amazon.com's low prices and seemingly endless array of goods have made it the biggest online retailer in the U.S., commanding about 20 percent of all e-commerce.

Amazon has a place in many Americans' lives because of its low prices and seemingly endless array of goods.

Minnesotans who bought policies on the state's health insurance exchange are starting to get their first renewal notices, and many could be in for a jolt.

The fumes, reeking of gasoline, poured from the white Kia SUV as soon as an emergency medical technician broke one of the rear windows.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is scaling back its growth in U.S. stores next year, while investing more in e-commerce.

It probably won't cost as much to stay warm this winter because a repeat of the deep freeze that kept much of the nation shivering last winter is so unlikely.

Contract talks broke down Wednesday between Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and a network of five hospitals and other facilities across the state, leaving thousands of residents facing higher health insurance costs.

Digamber Rawat rarely emerges from the tiny windowless room he shares with his parents because a mysterious illness has wasted away the strength in his legs.

A child born in 2013 will cost a middle-income American family an average of $245,340 until he or she becomes an adult, with families living in the Northeast taking on a greater burden, according to a report out Monday.

Out of a seemingly hollow recovery from the Great Recession, a more durable if still slow-growing U.S. economy has emerged.

Illinois regulators can force electricity customers to help pay for the $1.6 billion FutureGen clean-coal project, a state appeals court said in a ruling Tuesday.

The ex-wife of former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt must reimburse him $1.9 million in legal fees after she unsuccessfully contested their divorce settlement, a judge has tentatively ruled.

Thanks to dwindling herds and strong export demand, beef prices in the U.S. have soared to levels not seen since 1987.

Thanks to dwindling herds and strong export demand, beef prices in the U.S. have soared to levels not seen since 1987.

The Small Business Optimism Index increased 2.3 points to 94.4 last month, a hopeful sign for an economy that has hit a soft patch.

The Small Business Optimism Index increased 2.3 points to 94.4 last month, a hopeful sign for an economy that has hit a soft patch.

A brazen gang of cyber criminals, who stole $45 million from bank ATMs in 27 countries, exposes an Achilles heel in the global financial industry: prepaid debit cards.

Comedian Steve Harvey joins a new tech startup as the “face of eggs.”

If you’re like most Americans receiving a refund from Uncle Sam this year, you’ll use it to pay down some existing debt.