Holiday shopping: How to avoid crashes, crime in busy parking lots

AAA Texas is offering tips on how to avoid increased hazards in parking lots and to prevent locking themselves out of vehicles or becoming a theft victim.

Thanksgiving shopping: Stores that will be open, closed for the holiday

For many years, stores were open on Thanksgiving, allowing consumers to shop or run last-minute errands before the feast hits the table.

Austinites grab last-minute Thanksgiving items

FOX 7 Austin's Carissa Lehmkuhl visited a grocery store to check out the lines and talk to shoppers about their Thanksgiving plans and favorite dishes.

Williamson County judge promises more job announcements to come

In a way Christmas has come early to Williamson County as Samsung officially selected Taylor for its new facility.

Samsung chooses Taylor as home for new chip manufacturing plant

The new plant is expected to create more than 2,000 jobs, and marks the company’s largest-ever investment in the United States.

Samsung to build $17B chip manufacturing plant in Taylor

The Taylor factory is set to be 1200 acres larger than the one in Austin. Construction will begin in early 2022 with a target of production start in the second half of 2024.

Dollar Tree doubles down on pricing items over $1

Dollar Tree will charge $1.25 for the majority of its products across all of its locations nationwide by the end of April.

College costs have risen at nearly 5x the rate of inflation, report finds

The average cost of tuition, fees and other expenses at higher education institutions are rising at a much faster rate than inflation, according to a recent study.

Student loan payments restart in February, but survey finds 89% of borrowers aren't ready

About 9 in 10 fully employed borrowers said they are not financially secure enough to resume federal student loan payments in February 2022, according to a new survey.

The risks of using buy now, pay later to finance holiday shopping on Black Friday

Buy now, pay later apps let you break up larger purchases into a short-term repayment schedule. But there are a few things you should know before you use them to finance holiday shopping.

Target to permanently keep stores closed on Thanksgiving

Retailers last year were forced to limit crowds in stores during the pandemic - a shift that appears to have been fortuitous.