Consumers donating clothes and household items to three St. Louis thrift stores might think they’re helping disabled veterans. But the Better Business Bureau says the company that runs the shops won’t document how much money, if any, ends up going…

Carhill Enterprises will no longer mail postcards warning of vehicle recalls as a way to get consumers on the phone with sales agents selling extended auto-service contracts, the chief executive of the St. Louis company said Wednesday.

The announcement came on…

If you missed Saturday’s paper, I wrote my weekly column about the LifeSmarts national championships currently going on downtown. The competition, which is sponsored by the National Consumers League, is a quiz tournament for high-school students.

The 30 teams competing already survived state-championship…

FILE PHOTO 1986 — The restaurant, Bevo Mill in South St. Louis.

In what might be considered a City Hall dig at former operators David Gilbert and Patrick Viehmann, the next people to run the restaurant city-owned Bevo Mill must be…

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Ever since news of Bevo Mill’s closing broke last week, owners of restaurants and banquet halls have been calling and e-mailing me with promises that they’ll give a price break to couples who had planned…

Post-Dispatch file photo of Bevo Mill.

The St. Louis Development Corp. on March 31 will release a request for proposals, or RFP, aimed at getting a new restaurant operator for the landmark, faux windmill on the city’s south side. Earlier reports…

The Federal Trade Commission today released its annual report that breaks down and analyzes the complaints it received of identity theft, fraud and other consumer complaints. The big news of this year’s Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book is that identity theft…

There’s usually no such thing as a free lunch, or a free MP3 player. At least not when they come gratis at one of those seminars promising to teach the secret of making big bucks at home. Still, that’s not…