The National Consumer Agency is advising people to shop smart if buying online this Christmas.

ADRIANA Garcia won’t be buying her family Christmas gifts this year.

World stocks were boosted today by a robust start to the US holiday shopping season and reports that European leaders are considering legal means to force debt-ridden euro countries into fiscal discipline.

A FEW violent incidents broke out across America on Black Friday as millions of shoppers rushed into stores that opened hours earlier than usual on the most anticipated shopping day of the year.

The worst week for the US stock market in two months ended with a whimper in thin trading today.

Wall Street stocks ended lower today on lingering fears that Europe’s debt crisis will continue to spread even after Ireland gets bailed out.

US stocks extended their rally today after the Federal Reserve’s latest take on the economy raised hopes that the central bank’s string of interest rate hikes are coming to an end.

Concerns over the economic impact of the Asian earthquake tsunami disasters pushed stocks lower in the United States today, putting Wall Street’s recent rally on hold despite decent holiday sales figures and falling oil prices.