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Renewed fears of a so-called “double-dip” recession are weighing on investors, spooking consumers and slowing businesses from hiring.

U.S. consumer sentiment weakened in early July to its lowest in 11 months on a resurgence in fears about the economy, a year since the recovery began, a private survey shows.

The Federal Reserve adopted new rules Tuesday aimed at protecting credit card customers from getting socked by lofty late payment charges and other penalty fees ...

The cost of doing business in China is going up, and that could drive up consumer prices in the United States and Europe.

Apple Inc's next-generation iPhone, which CEO Steve Jobs is widely expected to unveil on Monday, will have to really set new standards in multimedia content and function to wow Wall Street and consumers.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, President Obama said that Congress needed to enact reforms to protect consumers, keep banks strong and safeguard the U.S. economy.

Bank of America Corp. says it lost $5.2 billion during the final three months of 2009 as consumers struggled to make their mortgage and credit card payments.

They're introducing all sorts of new fees and changes as laws take effect that are designed to make financial heavyweights friendlier to customers. Happy new year. Now pay up.

Fox’s deal for new payments from Time Warner Cable will bring higher fees, and it will not be the last time.

"Augmented reality" may sound like indecipherable technobabble, but the concept behind this technology is familiar to anyone who has seen any of the "Terminator" movies.