Consumers

In this Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, file photo, customers exit a Dollar General store in San Antonio.

Retail industry growth continues, but e-commerce concerns remain

Joe Williams · May 31, 2018 2:14 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, file photo, costumers shop at a new Walmart in Los Angeles. The government reports on sales at U.S. retailers in September on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013.

Old-school retailers finally figure out how to compete with Amazon

Joe Williams · May 17, 2018 6:08 pm

Equifax, based in Atlanta, has named a new technology chief to oversee data-security improvements.

Equifax admits passport numbers were stolen in cyberattack

James Langford · May 10, 2018 8:01 pm

The Justice Department, six states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the merger of US Airways and American Airlines Tuesday.

Higher jet-fuel prices may crimp your summer travel budget

Joe Williams · May 8, 2018 4:00 am

Amazon says it will hike up the price of its Prime membership fee by 20 percent next month. Prime members in the U.S. will now pay $119 a year, up from $99, starting May 11 for new members.

Beltway Confidential

Amazon Prime is no longer worth it

Tom Rogan · April 27, 2018 8:17 pm

The CFPB has also put on hold plans to conduct on-site tests to examine how Equifax protects its data, and has rejected requests from regulators at other agencies to help. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

New Equifax CEO’s repairs complicated by growing threat to credit bureaus

James Langford · April 27, 2018 5:25 pm

Booming economy leads to record-high spring break air travel

Anna Giaritelli · April 24, 2018 4:00 am

Mick Mulvaney speaks during a news conference after his first day as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.

Mick Mulvaney quietly changes the CFPB’s name

Joseph Lawler · April 23, 2018 4:01 am

Financial data belonging to over 145 million Americans -- including Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers and birthdays -- was stolen from credit-reporting bureau Equifax last year.

Equifax names new CEO as data security woes rattle Congress

James Langford · March 28, 2018 5:15 pm

Workers build washing machines on the assembly line at the Samsung washing machine facility, Friday, March 16, 2018, in Newberry, S.C.

It’s official: Economy grew at a 2.9 percent rate to end 2017

Joseph Lawler · March 28, 2018 12:32 pm

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, above, is working to regain the trust of Facebook users as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission investigates reports about the company's handling of consumer data.

FTC confirms probe of Facebook as Mark Zuckerberg fights to regain trust

James Langford · March 26, 2018 3:45 pm

The Dow Jones industrial average shuddered Thursday after President Trump announced $50 billion in tariffs on imports from China.

Dow’s massive slide shows risks of a Trump trade war with China

James Langford · March 22, 2018 9:04 pm