Americans are depressed about their economic prospects but continue to spend their way through their latest downturn in sentiment, new consumer confidence data showed Tuesday. The latest survey from the New York-based Conference Board, a business-res

Consumers’ confidence in August dropped almost 15 points to the lowest level since April 2009 as worries about the economy fueled the wildest stock market swings since the financial meltdown in 2008. At a time when Americans are increasingly wo

More consumers are receiving email receipts from big chain retailers, some consumers are thrilled of the idea of not having bulk of receipts in their wallets while some wary of being bombarded with junk mail and offers when asked for their email addr