What I Wish I'd Known About Money When I Was 21
Filed under: Personal Finance, Financial Education Blend Images/Getty Images By Gerri Detweiler At 21, young people have all the financial responsibilities of adults -- without much experience managing...
View ArticleAfter Market: Another Super Tuesday for Stocks
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Stock Markets, Investing There's been very little that investors could be certain about so far this year, except for this: Tuesday's are usually winners. While the...
View ArticleThe 15 Online Retailers Most Likely to Offer Discount Codes
Filed under: Retail, Shopping, Internet, Deals, Coupons Alamy By Sarah Jones Some online shoppers skip searching for coupons before checking out. Perhaps they think it takes too much time, or, more...
View Article4 Alternatives to Reverse Mortgages
Filed under: Mortgages, Refinancing, Home Buying, Home Loans, Interest Rates Alamy By Daniel Solin You may be all too familiar with commercials featuring folksy celebrities explaining how everyone...
View ArticleWhat 'Mad Men' Teaches Us About Money
Filed under: Careers, Personal Finance, Budgeting, Financial Education Jamie Trueblood/AMC/AP Millions of Americans are addicted to "Mad Men," the AMC drama chronicling the lives of the people at ad...
View ArticleWalmart Brings One-Stop Shopping to Car Insurance
Filed under: Company News, Personal Finance, Internet, Wal-Mart, Auto Insurance walmart.com/AP By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO NEW YORK -- Walmart (WMT) is bringing one-stop shopping to another area: auto...
View ArticleFed Expected to Further Taper Bond-Buying Program
Filed under: GDP, Unemployment Rate, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Investing Bebeto Matthews/APFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is expected to...
View ArticleTwitter Set to Tumble as User Growth Disappoints
Filed under: Company News, Media, Earnings, Internet Richard Drew/AP By Jennifer Booton Twitter (TWTR) reported a top- and bottom-line beat late Tuesday and attributed a 119 percent increase in revenue...
View ArticleMortgage Applications Dive on Higher Rates, Low Inventory
Filed under: Mortgages, Refinancing, Housing Market, Home Buying, Interest Rates Getty Images By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK -- Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell last week to their lowest...
View Article'Lego Movie' Gives Time Warner Boost in 1Q
Filed under: Company News, Media, Earnings, Entertainment Industry Andrew Burton/Getty Images NEW YORK -- Time Warner's (TWX) first-quarter net income climbed as revenue grew on the success of...
View ArticleU.S. Private Sector Employers Add 220,000 Jobs In April
Filed under: Labor, Job Market, Investing Andrew Burton/Getty Images By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER WASHINGTON -- U.S. businesses boosted hiring in April, according to a private survey, a positive sign the...
View ArticleU.S. Economic Growth Slows to a Crawl in First Quarter
Filed under: Economic Indicators, GDP, Investing Tony Dejak/AP By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy barely grew in the first quarter as exports tumbled and businesses accumulated stocks at...
View ArticleMoney Minute: Target Takes Aim at New Card Technology
Filed under: Market News, Security Target moves to a new technology to protect consumers from having their personal information stolen again. Target (TGT) is still trying to recover from the loss of...
View ArticleFed Sees Strength in Economy, Continues Bond-Buying Cuts
Filed under: Unemployment Rate, Economic Recovery, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Investing Andrew Burton/Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen By Howard Schneider and Michael Flaherty...
View ArticleGood News, Parents: It's OK to Bribe Your Kids - Sometimes
Filed under: Family Money Getty Images By Chris Taylor As any exasperated parent will tell you, kids today are so plugged in and mature beyond their years that it is difficult to find a way to...
View Article7 Simple Habits to Save a Pretty Penny (or $100)
Filed under: How to Save MoneyBy Joshua Rodriguez The concept of saving money is a very interesting one to many people. The reality is we all want to spend $3 instead of $5, right? Today, we're going...
View ArticleAfter Market: Dow Breaks Through to First Record High of 2014
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Investing The Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI) rang up its first record high of this year Wednesday. First quarter GDP growth was negligible, but a report on...
View ArticleWith Fizzio, Starbucks Hopes to Become a Pop Star
Filed under: Company News, Starbucks, Mergers & Acquisitions, Rumors, Food & Beverage Oli Scarff/Getty Images If a skinny latte or hazelnut macchiato isn't quenching your thirst this summer,...
View ArticleFor Social Media Stocks, It's Tough to Keep Friends on Wall Street
Filed under: Company News, Media, Facebook, Industry News, Internet Getty Images It's hard to attract a "like" from investors in the social media segment these days. Twitter (TWTR) disappointed the...
View ArticleReport: AT&T Weighs Possible Purchase of DirecTV
Filed under: Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Entertainment Industry, Investing Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Supriya Kurane AT&T (T) has approached DirecTV (DTV) about a possible...
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