By MICHELLE GROENKE
CHICAGO, Sept. 29 (UPI) --
Patience is a virtue, especially when it comes to making smart financial decisions, and taking time before pulling out the wallet can make acquisitions feel worth the wait, University of Chicago researchers say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Walmart has announced it will offer the new iPhone 5c for $45, undercutting Best Buy's price of $50 for the phone with a two-year contract.
ROUND ROCK, Texas, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Activist investor Carl Icahn said he has withdrawn a demand for a share value appraisal that could have stalled the sale of U.S. computer giant Dell.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Chicago start up Potbelly Corp., now a sandwich chain with 286 outlets, more than hit its target on its first day as a publicly traded company.
SEATTLE, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk says a fiery crash involving a Tesla Model S car in Seattle proved his cars are safe.
PARIS, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Air France-KLM said it had no plans to cut employees or reduce assets at Italian airline Alitalia in order to raise fresh capital.
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Confidence in the U.S. economy plummeted in the week the federal government shut down due to a budget impasse, a Gallup survey found.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Stocks on Wall Street found some traction Friday, the fourth day of a partial government shutdown over a healthcare law that is now under way.
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor of the F-35 Lightning fighter, plans to begin furloughing some 3,000 workers beginning Monday, the firm said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices held under $104 per barrel Friday in New York, but posted gains for the week after four consecutive weeks of falling prices.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Mortgage-related complaints handled by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau more often originate from wealthy consumers than poor ones, a study found.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Goldman Sachs analyst said don't hold your breath, but predicted the U.S. government shutdown will end with a double-deal compromise in mid-October.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The Schneider Electric IT Corporation of West Kingston, R.I., is recalling 15 million surge protectors that can overheat, U.S. product safety regulators said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The partial federal government shutdown has potential to undermine about a quarter of the U.S. home sales or more, available data indicates.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- California said it is fixing glitches in its online healthcare insurance exchange website in the first week of enrollment under the Affordable Care Act.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Swiss banking regulator Finma said it's working with officials in other countries in an investigation of potential manipulation of currency exchange rates.
