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Best travel deals: Save $500 on a Vegas hotel, retreat to a mountain cabin for $99The week's best travel deals include vacation packages at a Las Vegas resort, plus steals on airfare for both domestic and international travel.聽
President's Day sales are here. Four ways to score big savings.President's Day sales are here, and many are better than their Black Friday equivalents. Read on for the best ways to save big during this weekend's President's Day sales.聽
TurboTax returns after security breach, but watch out for phishing scamsTurboTax users can once again begin filing their state tax returns with the popular software after last week's security breach. However, TurboTax provider Intuit is warning users to watch for increased phishing activity.聽
Kidde recalls 4.6 million fire extinguishersFire extinguisher maker Kidde has recalled about 4.6 million disposable extinguishers, saying a faulty plastic valve can prevent them from fully discharging when used. Kidde聽has received 11 complaints about extinguishers not working when the trigger was pressed.
Tesla to offer batteries for home energy storageTesla has plans to sell or lease lithium-ion battery packs for home energy storage, CEO Elon Musk said in the automaker's recent earnings call.聽Tesla already provides battery packs to Solar City, which leases solar panels and batteries to households to allow them to generate and store their own electricity.
How to plan a last-minute Valentine's Day (that isn't terrible)Valentine's Day is just around the corner, but don't panic: You still have plenty of time and options for planning an epic Valentine's Day celebration.
US imports take biggest slide since 2008US聽import聽prices聽tumbled 2.8 percent in January as the cost of petroleum and a range of other goods fell, according to the Labor Department. It was the biggest monthly drop for import prices in over six years.聽
Why wait? Nine President's Day sales you can shop right now.President's Day isn't until Monday, but many stores are offering up their holiday weekend bargains now. Read on for聽President's Day savings from eBay, Sears, Best Buy, Walmart, and others.聽
Driverless cars could cut auto sales in halfToday's sky-high auto sales could plummet as driverless cars start hitting the streets, research suggests. The reason? Driverless cars would let people share a vehicle for separate trips.聽
Want cheap international flights? Fake your location.International airfare can go up or down drastically depending on where you book your flight. To get cheap airfare, you can either book in a foreign currency or trick a website into thinking you're booking from somewhere else.聽
GM confirms it will build Chevy Bolt electric car with 200-mile rangeThe rumored long-range Chevy Bolt was confirmed at the Chicago Auto Show Thursday. GM did not confirm when production would start or when the new Chevy Bolt would be released, however.聽
Google, Square reportedly test system to rival Apple PayGoogle is reportedly working with payment company Square on its own high-tech, credit-card-free, pay-at-the-register system in the wake of Apple Pay's early success. Google and Square have been testing the system since last fall, a tech blog reported this week.
Elon Musk 'secret weapon' comments irk Tesla investors. Stock plunges.Tesla reported a fourth quarter loss of $108 million dollars, which was worse than analysts expected. But CEO Elon Musk was confident as ever, even as his cryptic comments during an earnings call sent Tesla shared into free fall Thursday.
Surprise! Jobless claims jumped by 25,000 last week.Initial jobless claims in the US jumped 25,000 to 304,000 last week, moving the average for seasonally adjusted jobless claims above the closely-watched 300,000 level.聽
Retail sales fall again. Why aren鈥檛 Americans spending money?Retail sales in the US fell an unexpected 0.8 percent in January, despite a surging job market and much lower costs for consumers. Experts say Americans may be using that extra cash to save or pay down debt, but retail sales should bounce back in the coming months.聽
Expedia to buy rival Orbitz for $1.33 billionExpedia announced Thursday that it would buy rival online travel site Orbitz for about $1.33 billion, further consolidating the travel booking industry.聽Shares of聽Orbitz are up more than 23 percent in premarket trading and Expedia is up 5 percent on the announcement.聽
Obama slams Staples: Is Obamacare really costing workers hours?President Obama went after office supply giant Staples in a recent interview, saying 'shame on' big companies that cut worker hours and use Obamacare as an excuse. 聽How big an impact, really, has Obamacare had on the hours for employees at companies like Staples?聽- Tesla continues fight with auto dealerships in Arizona, TexasTesla's aggressive lobbying efforts in Texas continue to be met with opposition from groups representing franchised car dealers.聽Arizona lawmakers, meanwhile, appear to be moving in the direction of allowing direct sales from automakers like Tesla.
- Can Uber's 'SOS button' make riders feel safer?After reinstating its presence in India, Uber introduces two new safety features to protect customers from drivers.
The rise of the frickleFrickles, or deep-fried pickles, aren鈥檛 new, especially on Southern and Low country menus. Now frickles appearing more often on burger bar menus,
