Ron Johnson's ousting as CEO of JC Penney ends his bid to break retail's cycle of marking products up just to mark them down in sales. Shoppers rejected Johnson's strategy of keeping low prices instead of discounting.

Arizona is deciding whether to start making gold and silver legal tender, just after Utah made the move. You won't be paying for groceries in gold coins, but how will it work?

We've been going around the country since the beginning of the year, asking people to finish this sentence: You know you're wealthy, when...

The year's almost up on the challenge from Boston's mayor for the city to lose one million pounds.