Sally Herships

A few years ago I found myself standing inside a Coast Guard Exchange in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, waiting for a friend to buy a bottle of...

Smoking and chewing tobacco use in the armed forces is widespread. Yet many military bases break the rules and sell tobacco at big discounts.

With among the highest property taxes in the country, New York aims to limit annual increases but also accommodate school districts.

VW opens a $1 billion plant in Chattanooga, as it seeks to triple U.S. sales and outsell GM and Toyota globally.

News programs continue to lose viewers every year, but their low costs and attractiveness to ad sellers make them important to a network.

It hasn't gotten the hype and attention its social media peers have, but the business networking site still boasts tens of millions of members.

Flattery can lead to success. But obvious flattery can be detrimental. Here's how you can master the art of brown-nosing.

Ads are everywhere in grocery stores -- milk cartons, shopping carts, the floor. But now, new technology means you might start seeing ads on your food.

The company is under new leadership in Leo Apotheker, but some say he can't take all the credit.

United and Continental are merging their fleets to form the world's biggest airline. The new planes will keep United's name, but use Continental's logo. Some United loyalists are mad about the logo change. But why would consumers become so attached to a brand?