Credit card companies are raising rates ahead of new consumer protection laws. NBC’s Mary Lee reports. 

Air travel congestion will only get worse as the economy improves. Brooke Hart reports. 

The Beaufort County Board of Education voted Wednesday to raise taxes on commercial property and non-owner occupied homes to make up for an anticipated $2.4 million budget shortfall.

In a literal “sign of the times,“ the old Springfield Ford signs are coming down and Effingham Auto Sales signs are taking their places.

This weekend, it’s South Carolina’s turn to offer tax-free shopping.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hyundai said Tuesday that customers in the U.S. who buy or lease its vehicles by Aug. 31 will receive a gas card that lets them buy fuel at $1.49 a gallon for a year, a promotion to win over consumers worried about volatile prices at the pump.

It’s hard to start thinking about Christmas when temperatures are in the triple digits, but that’s what many retailers are already doing.

NEW YORK (AP) — Investors rushed back into stocks as profits at a handful of companies indicated the economy might be gaining strength.

NEW YORK (AP) — Gasoline markets showed the first signs this week that an extended rally in pump prices is nearing an end after 52 straight days of price increases.

Nestle USA on Friday voluntarily recalled Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission says Macy’s will voluntarily recall about 33,000 hooded children’s sweatshirts that pose a strangulation risk.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices rose less than expected in May and posted the steepest annual drop in 59 years, according to government data released Wednesday, fresh evidence that the recession is keeping inflation in check.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — It’s energy’s version of Joe Dimaggio’s historic 56-game hitting streak, only this time no one is cheering.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh signs that the economy is stabilizing — though at very low levels — emerged Tuesday in reports that home construction rose more than expected last month and wholesale prices remain in check.

DETROIT (AP) — The United States’ economic troubles already were brewing when organizers announced in September that business and other leaders would gather here to craft a plan for keeping America competitive in manufacturing, energy, technology and environmental efforts.