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Toyota’s Prius, a niche oddity when it went on sale 15 years ago, jumped to the world’s third best-selling car line in the first quarter as U.S. demand and incentives in Japan turned the hybrid into a mainstream hit.

Sales of running shoes have pushed up profits at retailers as well as the companies that make the shoes.

“The quantity or intensity of services” is less a factor than higher prices from hospitals, doctors and other providers, a national study finds.

Early adopters of electric vehicles have to dig deep into their wallets to make the purchase, but some are reaping unexpected savings on their insurance bills.

WASHINGTON-Despite Europe's economic troubles, American consumers are feeling better about the economy than at any time since the start of the Great Recession.

Warren Buffett reaffirmed Thursday that he will take a “hands-off” approach to the 26 daily newspapers, including the Winston-Salem Journal, that a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary is buying from Media General Inc.

The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a company spokesman said Friday.

The nearly 600 executives who convened Tuesday for the Nuclear Energy Institute’s annual conference came to Charlotte with work finally under way on the first new reactors in the U.S. in three decades.

Moody’s Investors Service raised the credit rating for Ford Motor Co. to an investment grade Tuesday, giving its seal of approval to a corporate turnaround of the business that started with heavy borrowing at the end of 2006.

A Rockville company is recalling all packages of a food product because of potential salmonella contamination.

Americans grew much gloomier about the economy in May, causing a critical measure of consumer confidence to suffer its biggest decline in eight months and ending a period of steady optimism.

For the second year in a row, Apple is the most valuable brand in the world, according to a study released Tuesday.

When someone we love passes away, the grief can be overwhelming. And it can be compounded by paperwork. Piles of it.

Retail:  The retailer has teamed with shopkick to offer customers rewards for using their smartphones. Perks include gift cards and movie tickets.

Nationwide, the price of a gallon of regular gasoline has drifted lower by about half a cent a day over the past month, and energy analysts say that trend should continue over the next few weeks, in at least some states.

Residents and the developer will have to wait another two weeks to find out if the Carrboro Board of Adjustment approves an 8,100-square-foot Family Dollar for the less than one acre site. The Board of Aldermen will not review the plan.

The fledgling federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau kicked off its plans to impose new regulations on prepaid debit cards with a hearing that featured complaints from consumer groups and a stiff-upper-lip defense from the industry.

Jeff Stec, the former owner of the Charlotte-based business, is barred from the health club business for 12 years. He violated a state law requiring gyms selling pre-paid memberships to be properly bonded, the state Attorney General said Tuesday.

Jeff Stec, the former owner of the Charlotte-based business, is barred from the health club business for 12 years. He violated a state law requiring gyms selling pre-paid memberships to be properly bonded, the state Attorney General said Tuesday.

Massachusetts' top securities regulator has subpoenaed Morgan Stanley related to allegations that it gave some clients negative information about Facebook before last week's initial public offering.