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Visa easily beat profit estimates late Wednesday and reaffirmed its outlook for the next two years as consumers worldwide used debit cards instead…

Saving with a specific, stated goal results in more money for you. Here’s how to stay on track.

How to get into the habit of saving.

Haiti’s catastrophe has triggered an outpouring of support for the American Red Cross, which has raised more than $198 million dollars for its Haiti Relief and Development fund in just three weeks, far more than any other charitable organization.

Some Toyota customers are swearing off the brand, while others aren’t much worried about sticky gas pedals. For just about everybody, confusion reigns.

Chevron Corp. said Friday its fourth-quarter profit fell 37 percent as higher crude prices led to huge losses in its refining business.

Facing down the skeptics, Mexico’s president urged governments and companies on Friday to cough up the cash to fight climate change and avoid a repeat of the failure at Copenhagen to set binding targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

From the start, the man accused of killing motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker told a startling tale: He said Locker asked for help stabbing himself to death so his family could collect life insurance money.

Iceland’s central bank on Wednesday cut its key interest rate by half a point to 9.5 percent to help the economy as the inflation rate eases and the national currency stabilizes.