To balance your budget, you’ve got to have a budget, which is easier said than done. But the experts say budgeting is the most important element to keeping your finances straight, or straightening them out.

Engineering may be a male-dominated field but that never deterred Tana Utley, chief technology officer at Caterpillar Inc.

Weekly auto rail, with a look at Toyota’s new car, the Venza, winter weather driving tips and more. 

The latest fleet vehicle at the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives in Springfield gets 100-plus miles per gallon, as long as the trip is only 40 miles or so.
 

True, for some folks, a big truck is an essential. But for millions of others, it’s as much a fashion statement as anything else.

Kevin Andrade, a meat cutter at the Corner Meat Shop in Hingham, and Tom Pierce, co-owner of Bongi’s Turkey Roost in Duxbury, say a fresh turkey is worth the extra cost because it tastes better.

William Hammen almost stumbles as he carries a cardboard box into his living room. Hammen, 83, sifts through the pile of mail, helped by his brother-in-law Richard Bierie. They find a large envelope from Stark County Clerk of Court Nancy Reinbold. Inside are copies of court papers telling the Hammens they would lose their house to foreclosure.

It seems as if the more you pay attention and think about what is going on in the financial markets, the worse it gets. So what should you do?

Demand for throwback sports apparel is prompting new clothing lines by Adidas subsidiary Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co.

Would you break open your kids’ piggy banks so you could go shopping?

Weekly business rail, with tips on safe online shopping, a look at DHL's failure in the U.S. and more.

“Sluggish” could be the new “robust” when it comes to retail holiday sales predictions.

Modern communication is a hallmark of these modern times – almost as quickly as you can think something, you can communicate it, through text, e-mail, cell phone call or what have you.