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Step aside, fashion designers and retailers: Web sites devoted to selling user-generated -- or "crowd-sourced" -- clothing are proliferating, enabling shoppers to take product design and selection into their own hands.

Viacom and DirectTV said Friday that they have settled a dispute that had cut off access to Viacom's channels for the satellite TV service's subscribers.

In the past, Chick-fil-A has tended to hedge its position on gay marriage rather than risk offending patrons of its 1,600 fast-food chicken restaurants. That's become more difficult now.

Wall Street's big banks paid out $156 billion last year in salaries, bonuses, and benefits. Yet while investment bankers' checking accounts were growing, their retirement savings took a massive hit -- and much of the reason can be traced to one common investing mistake.

What if everything you were told about saving in your company retirement plan was bogus? What if the benefit of tax-deferred growth in your mutual fund based retirement plan was really a well-funded Wall Street marketing gimmick?

When times are tough, every penny counts. That's why shoppers look forward to what has become an annual summer ritual in many states: the chance to avoid sales tax on certain purchases.

Capital One Bank will pay $210 million to settle charges that it pressured credit card customers to buy costly add-on services like payment protection and credit monitoring. About $150 million of that fine will go directly to 2.5 million of its customers.

Credit reporting agencies will soon be subject to federal oversight for the first time. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Monday that it will begin supervising the nation's biggest consumer reporting agencies this fall.

William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management has taken a $2 billion position in Procter & Gamble, and it's almost certain he wants to oust the CEO. This is hardly Ackman's first attempt to buy big into a company and shake things up -- but it is his biggest.

Boeing has been announcing a significant number of multibillion dollar deals lately. But the aircraft maker's excellent news comes with a caveat: All of its customers have been scoring hefty discounts to the planes' sticker prices. What gives? Read on ...

If you're an audiophile who waxes nostalgic when it comes to the Sony Walkman, you're in luck. There's a new Walkman out, and Sony has high hopes for it. But would you pay $280 for an Android-powered portable digital media player?

No matter how many times you read about the numerous financial challenges women face, nothing drives a point home like putting it into black-and-white dollar terms. Shocked by that $849,000 number? Here's a rundown of the details.

In May, JP Morgan Chase spooked investors with news that it had racked up $2 billion worth of losses on derivatives trades. Then last week we learned that the loses were much worse -- and the markets sighed with relief.

The U.S. may be the "land of opportunity," but Canadians are making out better. In the past five years, the net worth of Canadian households has surpassed that of their American counterparts for the first time. And the reasons why will be as depressing for Americans as the news itself.