After disappointing third quarter results and dim expectations for fourth-quarter profits despite the holiday season, shares of Amazon.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks closed with solid gains Friday, leaving the S&P 500 with its largest weekly advance of the year.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are facing their biggest crisis in a decade as container ships idle offshore because cargo can't be moved off the docks fast enough.

The old oil bull market, the one where oil went to $140 per barrel, now feels like ancient history. Oil prices have recently been challenging lows not seen since 2012.

Life on the Maui is at time easy and at times very hard. Island living can, indeed, be paradise, but it is expensive. Quality of life often depends on what you feel is more important: if you can handle making stretching your money to live with moderate comforts, ...