President Bush says the government will expand to the entire country the opening of extra flight lanes typified by the East Coast “Thanksgiving Express”...

Some of those closest to the frustrating delays many travelers experience at U.S. airports are hoping President George W. Bush plans more expansive steps than he took...

President Bush aims to help combat the holiday travel crunch at airports with the announcement of steps _ both new and old _ to reduce air traffic congestion and long...

Weak October retail sales and the uncertainty of the upcoming holiday season amid the worst financial crisis to hit the U.S. in decades has prompted shipping giant UPS...

On the day after Thanksgiving, customers en route to Macy’s Herald Square in New York will be greeted by the oft-frenetic Richard Simmons, handing out samples of...

In this brutal season of cutbacks, the office holiday party is getting downsized, too.

Retailers say they have seen a surge in the number of applicants seeking holiday work _ many of them laid-off from other industries _ just as the sector is shrinking...

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, the owner of the Holiday Inn hotel chain, on Tuesday reported a 28 percent fall in third-quarter net profit and warned that there had...

Shoppers are scrimping on holiday gifts, but not when it comes to their pets.

Booksellers still expect shoppers will turn to books for some of their holiday gift giving, despite the weak economy. But their purchases are likely to offer a bit of...

Russian youths killed two people from Central Asia and assaulted two others, including a Turkmen diplomat, in separate attacks that came on a national holiday...

Youths assaulted a Turkmen diplomat outside his Moscow consulate and killed an Uzbek in separate attacks that came on a national holiday celebrating Russian unity,...

Ultranationalists tossed smoke grenades and scuffled with riot police in Moscow on Tuesday as authorities broke up an unauthorized demonstration on Russia’s day...

Nixon’s back. So are Kate and Leo, Nicole and Baz, a herd of stranded zoo animals and a very vengeful James Bond.

With Americans in a deep funk amid rising layoffs and shrinking retirement funds, retailers are pushing holiday displays and store events that are even more festive and...

When it comes to holiday travel plans, good things may come to those who waited.

Americans may be watching the green in their wallet more closely right now, but when it comes to buying “green,” many retailers are hoping people will keep...

Some officials and people who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001, are criticizing a proposal by police in a Massachusetts city to get extra holiday pay for working on...

A payment method that became decidedly passe in the 1980s is being promoted again this holiday season as a way for budget-conscious shoppers to buy gifts without...

THE BACKDROP: Back-to-school spending on personal computers and other consumer electronics was slower than expected, and fell off a cliff in September. Now many...