Stacey Vanek Smith

Amazon is wrestling with its Prime program. The membership club brings in lots of loyal customers, but also costs it lots of money.

The U.S. economy showed some solid growth last quarter -- mostly because American consumers were spending more

Coffee prices are near historic lows, but consumers aren't seeing the we're not seeing that's just setting us up for high prices.

The fifth anniversary of the markets’ bull run will soon be upon us. On the principle “all good things come to an end,” is it time to expect a correction?

Pork prices have been high, but people still crave bacon.

The NSA announcement is sucking up a lot of the oxygen today. But what should we be more worried about: the government holding data – or the likes of Target?

It sounds cold-blooded, but with shopping habits changing fast, the demise of the brick and mortar store may not matter much to the economy in the long run.

How do companies decide whether and how to reveal details of data breaches to the public?

The unemployment number has to fall further for the Fed to feel it's safe to start withdrawing extraordinary support from the economy.

50 years ago this week, the Surgeon General of the United States issued a report that linked smoking to lung cancer. A look at how that affected the industry and where we are now.