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As lawmakers and government officials probe the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups, tax cheats may be smiling.

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Let's say you have a health problem and you visit two or three internists. Chances are good you would receive a similar diagnosis and treatment from each doctor.

Mark Huffman has been a consumer news reporter for ConsumerAffairs since 2004. He covers real estate, gas prices and the economy and has reported extensively on negative-option sales.

How can Yahoo make money out of Tumblr? By trial and error, and lots of patience, say analysts who also warn that it won't be a slam dunk.

Similarly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.6% on the week to 15,354.40, its 21st record of the year.

Brett Arends, MarketWatch: You sit here today, $30,000 or $40,000 in debt, as the latest victims of what may well be the biggest conspiracy in U.S. history.

Facebook's flubbed IPO a year ago isn't the reason individual investors are reluctant to participate in the record equity rally, but it did lay bare some important investing truths.

U.S. stocks rose for the week, setting a few records along the way. It was another week of gains that some say defies logic.

The consumer sentiment survey is expected to rise to 77.5 in May from 76.4 in April, according to a consensus estimate of economists compiled by MarketWatch.

Getting a home loan is hard enough, but first-time buyers who want a jumbo mortgage have even higher hurdles to clear.

U.S. stock futures rose on Friday, with investors set to move past a bump in the rally road in the prior session and looking ahead to potentially good news from consumer sentiment and leading indicators.

Treasurys rose Thursday after data showed rising jobless claims, weaker housing starts, and a fall in consumer prices.

Business conditions among manufacturers in the Philadelphia region are expected to improve slightly in May, according to a MarketWatch poll of economists.

Chief Executive Larry Page on Wednesday made a surprise appearance at the Internet company's annual conference for software developers in San Francisco, as he and other executives unveiled several changes to its software lineup.

A message may have one sender and one recipient, but it can -with little effort- be read by a third party.

Shares of Google Inc. jumped Wednesday - passing the $900 mark for the first time - as the company kicked off its developers conference known as Google I/O. shares closed up 3.3% at $915.89 as the company delivered its opening keynote, which has so far included announcements of new developer tools and Google Play Music: All Access - a new ... (more)

MarketWatch's Jen Wieczner notes in a story today that at least one company benefited from the actress's disclosure that she had a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery after discovering she carries a gene would make her highly susceptible to breast cancer.

U.S. wholesale prices sank in April for the second straight month as the cost of gasoline and vegetables fell sharply.

Wednesday is shaping up to be a busy one on the economics front, with two indicators due on manufacturing as well as reports on inflation and home-builder sentiment.