Image: For about $175,000, a yacht shuttle will transport a 120-foot boat to a tropical destination.
Dockwise Yacht Transport
wealth

Need to ship your yacht? No problem (if you have $175K)

Image: Jacqueline and Raechel Houck.
Courtesy of the family
Rental cars

Bill targets rental car companies loaning defective vehicles

consumer-news

Americans just don't like their Internet provider

Americans are not big fans of their cable TV service or their cell phone service. But they really hate their internet service provider,...

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Shoppers walk along Broadway on April 26, 2013 in New York, New York.
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Economy

Consumers, especially the affluent, feeling fairly upbeat

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Avon.com
recall

55,000 Avon popcorn makers recalled

The logo for Wells Fargo bank is pictured in downtown Los Angeles, California July 17, 2012. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
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banks

Wells Fargo ordered - again - to pay $203M in overdraft case

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Economy

Restaurants sales at all-time high as recession fades

After the collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh, above, that left more than 1,000 workers dead, retail giant Wal-Mart announced it would inspect...
AP
Retail

Wal-Mart to inspect Bangladesh factories, release results

This photo provided by the California Department of Food and Agriculture shows an Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri), an insect about one-eighth ...
AP
agriculture

Florida's citrus industry battles potent foe: a disease with no cure

This photo taken May 2, 2013, shows Sarah Davis, co-owner of Fashionphile.com, posing with her bags in a company warehouse in the Carlsbad, Calif. The...
AP
Business

Senate passes bill allowing states to tax online sales

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Business

After the wedding: How much is your dress worth?

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Boxes of Hostess Twinkies may be back on the store shelves this summer.
Reuters
twinkies

Twinkies (the real ones) back on store shelves in July

Merchandise sits at the Amazon Phoenix Fulfillment Center in Goodyear, Arizona in this November 16, 2009 file photograph. Amazon has throw its weight ...
Reuters
taxes

The end of tax-free online shopping draws nearer

prom

Prom dress prices giving families taffeta shock

Inspired by celebrities on the red carpet, influenced by couture photos circulated on Pinterest and armed with price information from...

Business

Manhattan’s iconic 212 area code up for grabs

New York City’s iconic 212 area code, name-checked in songs and on TV shows such as "Seinfeld," is losing some of its exclusivity. On...

Bottles of rum are numbered Wednesday for judging during a tasting session at the Miami Rum Festival.
AP
Business

Rum plays up — and ignores — its Caribbean roots

mcdonalds

McDonald's executive says 'service is broken'

When it comes to service, McDonald’s customers just aren’t lovin’ it. The burger behemoth is fielding an increasing number of gripes...

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A PayPal card sits at a cashier station at a Home Depot store in Daly City, California, in this February 21, 2012 file photo.
Reuters
paypal

PayPal has uphill battle to break shoppers' swipe habit

A worker stocks produce at a Walmart Express store in Chicago on July 26, 2011.
Reuters
Business

Wal-Mart's staffing levels criticized over not-so-fresh groceries

Clothing made by Lululemon Athletica Inc. is on display for sale in Pasadena, Calif. in this March file photo.
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lululemon

After Lululemon see-through pants fiasco, exec departs