Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.

Even amid rising grocery prices and increased sensitivity to environmental issues, Americans still trash once-edible food at alarming rates.

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Sure, insurance companies are part of the reason your premium went up this year -- but so are hospitals and doctors.

The new law aims to solve two major problems; stabilizing Cal State campuses that are struggling with declining enrollment, ...

California utilities regulators are bringing down “return on equity” payments to power company shareholders. It’s the lowest ...

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Democrats are highlighting concerns over health care costs in Wisconsin, a key swing state. The Trump administration says they have a plan of their own coming together to address health costs.

Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and another former NBA player.

The American economy depends on truckers. Technology is promising to transform this industry with new driver-assistance features that are meant to make the job safer and less demanding.