Black Friday

This holiday season, Americans may not spend their green unless they see more red.

U.S. stocks are opening higher on Black Friday, the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. In the first few minutes of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average is up 61 points at 12,898. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is up six at 1,397. Th...

Black Friday got off to its earliest start yet as the nation's shoppers put the turkey down to take advantage of stores' expanded hours. Stores typically open in the wee hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving that's named Black Friday because that is when they traditionally turn a profit for the year...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Occupy protesters want shoppers to occupy something besides door-buster sales and crowded mall parking lots on Black Friday. Some don't want people to shop at all. Others just want to divert shoppers from big chains and giant shopping malls to local mom-and-pops...

leejordan / stampendous / bcinfrance / pedrokwezi / anthonydecosta, Flickr Savvy buyers know Black Friday can be one of the best days of the year to find terrific bargains, but not all items are such great deals. In order to better your experience on that infamous shopping day, here are some things you may want to avoid purchasing, along with when you may be able to score the best deals on them ..

Black Friday is underway. Thousands of shoppers in the region were up and ready to go as early as last night.