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The British grocery giant hopes to prevent food waste.

The billion-dollar app specializes in sharing digital photos, but tugging along behind it is a growing pile of material stuff.

The marketing and branding services group BBMG just reported on his year's annual survey of green consumer attitudes. Questions were asked to determine recognition of 13 of

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A study shows that many want to make better decisions, but don't know how.

A new entry to the eco-friendly furnishings market offers a collection of furniture and home accessories that comes with a bold set of standards.

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The holidays are a time of joy, happiness, families and... waste? Estimates show that almost 25% of waste produced in the US comes from the six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Years. But we can change that, starting now.

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Stella Artois joins forces with Water.org and Co-Founders Matt Damon and Gary White to call on consumers to leave a mark and help end the global water crisis.

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"We're going to return to a different economic environment. We're going to return to different business models," AT&T President and COO John Stankey told CNBC.

The economic free fall from Covid-19 is taking its toll on what had been strong housing demand just a few months ago.

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its confidence index tumbled to a reading of 86.9, the lowest level in nearly six years and down from 118.8 in March.

U.S. consumer spending plunged 7.5% in March, reflecting the growing impact of the coronavirus pandemic as Americans complied with stay-at-home orders.

Household debt balances through March totaled $14.3 trillion, a 1.1% increase from the previous quarter and now $1.6 trillion clear of the previous nominal high of $12.7 trillion in the third quarter of 2008 during the financial crisis,

"I recommend putting on half your position here, and then wait and buy more if it pulls back below $30 after the earnings," the "Mad Money" host said.

"The consumer finds a way to get the product they want" and "found a way to buy our product online more than usual," Estee Lauder CEO Fabrizio Freda said.

"We view this as a massive opportunity for us to drive trial and win consumers over into our segment," Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown said in a "Mad Money" interview.

It's going to be a "very difficult" period for the Middle East given coronavirus pandemic, but this could be a "golden opportunity" for economies to implement reforms and become more resilient, says Alain Bejjani, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim.

Consumers reined in spending faster than expected in the first quarter, probably even before states issued stay-at-home orders.

Never before has the U.S. fallen into a recession led by the services sector, so there is no real road map for the recovery.

The CFP Board, which oversees standards for 86,000 certified financial planners in the U.S., removed the ability for consumers to search for an advisor based on how they're paid.