Consumers stepped up gift giving during the first seven weeks of the holiday shopping season, yet uncertainty about the economy is making them more targeted in their buying.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 10: A shopper carries bags through the Oxford Street financial district on May 10, 2024 in London, England. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the UK's gross ...

Notre Dame’s exclusion from the College Football Playoff marked the end of the season for coach Marcus Freeman’s team, but the beginning of a war of words. On Monday, fewer than 24 hours after the ...

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark thinks that Pete Bevacqua took things too far in the wake of Notre Dame missing the College Football Playoff. Yormark, speaking on a panel in Las Vegas on Tuesday, ...

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Netflix (NFLX.O), opens new tab has been hit with a consumer lawsuit seeking to block the online video giant's planned $72 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD.O), ...

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark says Notre Dame athletics director Pete Bevacqua has crossed the line with his criticism of ACC commissioner Jim Phillips following the Fighting Irish's snub from the ...

US consumer sentiment rose for the first time in five months, bolstered by a more optimistic outlook for personal finances as inflation expectations improved. The preliminary December sentiment index ...

The most recent Personal Consumption Expenditures index was delayed because of the government shutdown. By Talmon Joseph Smith Consumer prices increased moderately in September. The Personal ...

The last piece of official inflation data to land before the Federal Reserve’s policymaking meeting next week was a shutdown-delayed report that showed the pace of price hikes remained stubborn in ...

Foreign brands snagged 9 of top 10 spots on Consumer Reports magazine's 2026 Automotive Brand Report Card. Jeep placed last. Early adopters pay for innovation with reliability issues. The average ...

David Letterman is back with Season 6 of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction on Netflix. The former late-night host recently sat down with Jay Kelly star Adam Sandler for a special episode. That ...

In this piece, we will look at the best consumer cyclical stocks to buy according to analysts. While most media attention is focused on AI and data center stocks, reports about the American consumer ...