2011 goes down in history as the year businesses pushed too far on fees.
The big corner-office changes this past year, and why your living room is the next, big battleground for tech giants like Apple and Google.
Tess talks with David Lazarus, Kathy Kristof, Liz Weston and Chris Farrell about what we might be able to expect in 2012.
How do Americans feel about all the GOP candidates before next Tuesday? Also, Gallup's most admired people of 2011, and gauging support for the Democrats and the Republicans after the payroll tax cuts showdown.
States could expand lotteries and start new games like online poker thanks to a new ruling that allows Internet gambling.
Some sermons praise Occupy for raising concern about those in need. Other pastors say Jesus did not endorse an economic or political view.
Heading into the election year, we speak to Frank Newport at Gallup about how Obama's economic policies are faring in the American public, and why the economy will be the biggest issue in 2012.
As the European Union prepares to increase sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, the Islamic Republic has retaliated with a threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway for oil exports.
It'll be the euro's 10th anniversary come New Year's Day. What economists predicted back then, and how true it holds now.
From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street protests, discussions over income inequality took center stage this year -- and they aren't dying down anytime soon.
We all know that drunk driving kills. But research shows, so does walking drunk.
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