CHICAGO - Hiding thousands of dollars inside a book may be a clever way to foil burglars. But it's less than ideal estate planning - especially when you don't tell anyone what you've done. Ted Sarenski, a financial planner in

WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department, responding to tarmac horror stories, ordered airlines on Monday to let passengers stuck in stranded airplanes to deplane after three hours. With its new regulations, the Obama administration is sending an unequivocal message to airlines

Retail Web sites have bumped back deadlines and offer free express shipping after weekend snowstorms kept holiday shoppers home in large areas of the East Coast. Amazon.com has extended the cutoff for standard shipping by one day through Monday. Macy's

A high-profile McKinney shopping center tops the list of North Texas commercial properties scheduled for foreclosure next month. The 380 Towne Crossing retail complex at North Central Expressway and U.S. Highway 380 is now crammed with holiday shoppers. But lenders

DETROIT - General Motors Co. is naming Microsoft Corp.'s Chris Liddell as its new chief financial officer. GM is going outside the company to replace current CFO Ray Young, who is being transferred to China. The nation's largest automaker says

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. said Monday it has won two contracts worth a total of $22 million to provide automated tolls in North Carolina. Dallas-based ACS, an outsourcing firm that agreed to a takeover by Xerox Corp. in September, said