Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well _ even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.

How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.

While a fire warms their campsite, the icy feeling between Cristina Nunez Macias and her mother-in-law is as palpable as the cold Atacama desert.

Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay _ or none at

ST. LOUIS • If you've ever popped a tablet for a tummy ache, chances are it was made here.

The grim numbers arrive week after week, month after month, barely budging since the nation last commemorated Labor Day.

Afghanistan's largest bank remained solvent Sunday after a nearly weeklong run on the troubled institution, according to the governor of the nation's central bank, which is being criticized for lookin

East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying t

In the end, Earl's worst damage in New England was to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.

ST. LOUIS • Hotels nearly sold out. Sidewalks filled with fans. Parking lots bustling with tailgaters wearing black and gold — or orange and blue — with pride.

With unemployment stuck above 9.5 percent for the second Labor Day in a row, the levels we used to think of as normal seem a long way off.

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Tractors are pulling in profits for stock investors.

Optimism about U.S. stocks increased by the most since July as economic reports emboldened investors following three straight weekly losses in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, according to a surve

Fund investors who want to put their money to work as cheaply as possible have a couple basic options. They can go with an index mutual fund or a comparable exchange-traded fund.

Two readers ask about protecting their nest eggs from the tax man — you can do it sometimes, but not always — and another offers sage advice for avoiding surprises and protecting your savings:

1928: Year pharmacist Jim Howe develops Tums while treating his wife's indigestion. Commercial production begins two years later.

Are you fed up with stocks yet? The answer from American investors is a howling yes.

"I'm here to tell you that our job is not finished and we are not going anywhere until it is."

Two prominent, popular brothers who operate the second-largest vegetable farm in Hawaii will be sentenced in federal court this week on human trafficking charges _ they pleaded guilty _ but two former