Business

• Consumers say they'll still use credit cards

  Two days after a federal investigation unraveled America's largest identity theft scandal, many Long Islanders shopping at retailers named in the security breach said they were aware of the scope of the problem but still felt secure making credit card purchases - even though friends and family had been victims in the past.

• Q&A: THE COST

  If one store is hacked, is the entire company system compromised?

• Feds astounded by volume, scope of Internet hack case

  The sheer volume of the credit and debit card numbers stolen was astounding as was the far-flung cast of multinational characters in one of the largest Internet hacking and fraud cases federal prosecutors say they've seen in this country.

• Car insurers ordered to consider gas price before hikes

  State regulators said yesterday they have ordered auto insurance companies to factor in a decline in driving by New Yorkers because of high gasoline prices before requesting rate increases.