Just when you thought the flying experience couldn’t get any worse, this month Spirit Airlines began charging passengers $45 for any carryon bag placed in the overhead bin. While some may view this as a necessary step to keep airlines operating in the black, I think I stand for most when I classify this in one word: CATASTROPHIC.

Over 5,000 joined Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and Bob King, international president of the United Auto Workers, as they led the “Rebuild America: Jobs Justice Peace” march and rally in Detroit.

When Chrysler and GM filed for bankruptcy in 2009 they planned to shutter thousands of dealerships across the country. Fewer then one third of the dealers who hoped to stay in business are in the running for a comeback.

It’s one thing to teach your child the value of saving, but teaching your child to be a strategic saver by understanding the wonders of interest can amount to thousands of dollars earned – or passed up – over the next few years.

The National Association of Business Economists said Monday that three-quarters of its members believe that promoting economic growth should be a higher priority than reducing the national deficit, according to an August survey of the nation’s economic policy.

JetBlue is reviving its unlimited travel deal, which for one month allows travelers to fly anywhere they want, as much as they want.

The BlackBerry Torch craze lasted all of four days.

Research In Motion and AT&T sold no more than 150,000 of the devices over the weekend, according to estimates by RBC Capital Markets and Stifel Nicolaus analysts. By comparison, Apple’s iPhone 4 sold 1.7 million units in its first weekend of sales.

Imagine outfitting your house with small, affordable solar panels that plug into a socket and pump power into your electrical system instead of taking it out.

Two years into the global economic meltdown precipitated by the collapse of the United States housing market and the financial crisis on Wall Street, there exists no signs of stabilization in the housing market or a real economic recovery. Unemployment still hovers around 9.5 percent and the most recent jobs stated that 131,000 jobs were lost for the month ending July 31st.

So, you’re leaving your job.

Maybe you’re finally going to start that Kafka-themed coffee shop/art space/bowling alley you keep talking about. Or maybe this is the year your indie Latin jazz rock band will finally make it big.

Houston Mayor Annise Parker has initiated a partnership for international economic development between Houston and Chonquing, a major city in central China with a population of approximately 32 million people.

Google and Verizon unveiled a joint policy proposal for an open Internet standard known as “Net neutrality” on Monday.

How much money do you need to feel rich?

Wealth is a subjective concept, but one thing is universal in most definitions: being able to live a comfortable life without having to work.

Honda on Monday announced the recall of 383,000 older-model Accord, Civic and Element vehicles for problems related to the ignition mechanism that could allow the cars to roll away.

While many people have tightened their belts throughout the recession, some shoppers don’t know their boundaries.

If you have a spending problem or you know someone who does, learning to cut back and reverse this unhealthy trend can be a process.

According to CNN President Obama on Monday will highlight his goal of dramatically boosting U.S. college graduation rates and will make the case that his administration has already taken significant steps to help achieve that goal, administration officials said.

Specifically, the Obama administration has said it wants the United States to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020, which would mean increasing the percentage of young adults in the United States who earn higher education degrees from 40 percent to 60 percent, administration officials said.

What do you get for the hip hop artist who has everything? Why, his own sneaker, of course.

We are currently living with a two faced economy. The front face proclaims that the U.S. has had three quarters of positive economic growth, a 40% increase in reported corporate profits and improved manufacturing output. The back face laments the fact that unemployment remains stubbornly high at 9.5%, the housing market is in the doldrums and we headed toward a record federal deficit of $1.3 trillion dollars. Is the economy working its way out of the worst recession since the Great Depression or are we headed for the second half of a dreaded double dip recession?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named the 50 green power partners using the most renewable electricity. The Green Power Partnership’s top purchasers use more than 12 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, equivalent to the annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the electricity use of more than 1 million average American homes.

Fans of multitouch-screen smartphones that let you scroll or zoom by flicking or pinching your fingers now will be able to interact with their desktops in the same way.