Everyone assumes that early Church authorities chose December 25th for Christmas to coincide with the already popular Roman holiday of Saturnalia. This may have some basis in reality, but there is ...

Amazon on Thursday reported better-than-expected revenue and profits for the holiday shopping period, but its stocks dipped in after-hours trading due to disappointing guidance for the current ...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have brought forward a bill to add a federal holiday on December 1, honoring Rosa ...

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...

Electronic Arts reported weak earnings today for the holiday quarter, with results in line with the poor quarter that EA preannounced.

Catch up with four Holiday Specials from Call the Midwife as we count down the days until the Dec. 25 premiere of the newest Holiday Special! Call the Midwife is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

If the January blues are kicking in and you’re already Googling ‘get rich quick’ schemes to stay on holiday forever, it’s time to start planning your next escape. With travel deals in full ...

(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses had a merry December, as shoppers wrapped up their holiday shopping.

The tick lower in inflation in December to 1.8% was above our own assumption for a 1.5% increase, but largely due to a smaller than assumed reduction in prices from the temporary GST/HST holiday ...

1:40 Canada’s tax ‘holiday’ has had mixed results, businesses say December’s inflation data offered a mixed bag to the Bank of Canada as it gears up for its first interest rate decision of ...

As a result, the cost of food purchased from restaurants declined 1.6 per cent year-over-year in December, the first such decline in the index’s history. “Roughly 10 per cent of the inflation basket ...

In India, a bank holiday is a day when banks and financial institutions are closed to the public. These holidays can be either nationwide holidays observed across the entire country or state-specific ...