Wall Street Journal

As the U.S. economy sputters, new college graduates are plunging into the rockiest job market in recent years. The bleaker picture is in stark contrast with last year, when colleges...

Body-conscious Americans are flocking to a new, more-expensive liposuction technique, but there's scant evidence that it works any better than tried-and-true surgical body sculpting. Smartlipo, introduced in the U.S. just...

Finally, small is gaining some critical mass. After decades of lackluster sales in the bigger-is-better U.S. auto market, tiny cars are surging in popularity -- even as the overall auto...

Videogamers have long played for points, kills or just plain bragging rights. But with the emergence of Internet middlemen, more gamers are wagering for prize money. On Wednesday, at the...

Twilight at Monticello By Alan Pell Crawford Random House, 352 pages, $27 There is a poignant, almost King Lear quality to Thomas Jefferson's last years. It is true he was...

When Kyle Burkhalter gets up in the morning, he goes into the kitchen and fixes himself a nice cup of ice. The 24-year-old director of research for a Web site...

After weak holiday sales of everything from jewelry to clothing, U.S. retailers are bracing for one of the biggest slowdowns in consumer spending in years. But TV makers aren't worried....

Walt Disney Co., which shut down its U.S. cell phone service last year, is starting a similar service in Japan. But this time it is targeting different customers: adult women...

The players in Super Bowl XLII won't be only ones feeling the pressure to score. Veteran and new advertisers will be vying to win over viewers with their pricey commercials...

Elie Saab, a design house known for couture gowns that sell at $20,000 and up, has built its brand by loaning dresses to celebrities in hopes they will wear them...