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Analysts look ahead to the summer driving season and see bad news: gas prices that could hit $5 a gallon in some parts of the nation.

The troops are coming home, and a dictator dies -- and businesses wait to see whether these events cause more problems than they solve.

More good news on jobs and the U.S. trade deficit makes a case for cautious optimism among small businesses during the year ahead.

Most businesses offer some sort of volume discount to their customers. But not all of them understand exactly why it works.

Personal branding isn't just for celebrities. Author and consultant Nick Nanton explains how to build your own brand -- without spending a fortune.

Amazon.com is paying customers to scan competitors' product prices. Some see the move as an outright attack on brick-and-mortar retailers.

Apple has long been viewed as a company that serves consumers -- not businesses. But that, says Harry McCracken, is changing in a big way.

Come January, prices for businesses using the Post Office are going up as the USPS struggles to rein in deficits and remain competitive.

Greece and Italy are taking steps to get their houses in fiscal order. But will it be enough to save the eurozone from a breakup?

Thailand goes underwater, and storage hardware prices go through the ceiling. Here's why it's happening.

A glut of underwater mortgages poses a real risk of drowning the entire U.S. economy in another financial crisis.

Apple gear still isn't cheap. But the company's market-share power means that its products look a lot less pricey than they used to.

A plan to forgive 50 percent of Greece's sovereign debt is likely to avert what could have turned into a global financial disaster.

Are housing prices on the road to recovery or simply enjoying a dead-cat bounce? At least for now, it's still an open question.

What's worse than people who don't pay taxes whining about their taxes being too high? The damage they're doing to the nation's credit.

A recent study finds that U.S. household incomes have dropped twice as much since the recession ended than they did during the recession itself.