Million-Dollar Question: How Much Do You Need to Retire?
Filed under: Personal Finance, Retirement Living, Retirement Plans, Social Security, Financial Education Lisa Werner/Alamy By Sharon Epperson | @sharon_epperson The good news is there are now more...
View ArticleFed: U.S. Economy Needs to Tighten Up Before Rates Can Rise
Filed under: Unemployment Rate, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Economy, Investing Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell By Marc Jones and Francesco Canepa...
View ArticleWalmart Faces Shareholder Scrutiny at Annual Meeting
Filed under: Company News, Retail, Internet, Wal-Mart, Shopping Trends April L. Brown/APWalmart CEO Doug McMillon BY ANNE D'INNOCENZIO FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Walmart's newly anointed CEO Doug McMillon...
View ArticleMoney Minute: Busiest U.S. Airport Finally Gets Free Wi-Fi
Filed under: Market News, Economic Recovery, Internet, Travel Industry, Health Insurance The busiest airport in the country finally offers free Wi-Fi connections. The new network at Atlanta's...
View ArticleMay Jobs Report Brightens U.S. Economy's Prospects
Filed under: Careers, Economic Indicators, GDP, Unemployment Rate, Job Market Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesJob seekers at a San Francisco career fair earlier this week. By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON --...
View ArticleThe Death and Eventual Rebirth of Mortgage Assumptions
Filed under: Mortgages, Banking, Housing Market, Interest Rates Pressmaster/Shutterstock Not so many years ago, obtaining a mortgage was a local affair. You'd walk into your neighborhood bank, fill out...
View Article8 Old Wives' Tales That Are Stopping You From Getting Rich
Filed under: Books, Personal Finance, Financial EducationIf words create thoughts, and thinking directs sets choice and action, then most people have been brainwashed into financial mediocrity. At...
View ArticleAmerican Express Data Breach Affects 76,000 in California
Filed under: Identity Theft, Credit Cards Alamy By Christine DiGangi About 76,000 American Express (AXP) customers in California may be victims of a data breach, the company announced this week. The...
View ArticleNew Visa Rules Aim to Make Prepaid Cards Safer, Simpler
Filed under: Identity Theft, Credit, Consumer Ally, Credit Cards, Consumer Protection Getty Images Recent events like the data breach that affected Target (TGT) customers across the nation have made...
View ArticleMortgage Rates Tick Up After Falling for Five Weeks
Filed under: Mortgages, Refinancing, Housing Market, Home Buying, Interest Rates Gene J. Puskar/AP WASHINGTON -- Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages rose slightly this week, reversing a five-week...
View ArticleCoke: It's the Real Thing Keeping You Fat
Filed under: Company News, Health Care, Advertising & Marketing, Food & Beverage, Consumer Issues Coca-Cola Co.A screen grab from a Coca-Cola video showing people riding a bicycle long enough...
View ArticleWeek's Winners and Losers: YouTube Brags, MySpace Nags
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Retail www.youtube.com There were plenty of winners and losers this week on Wall Street, with a restaurant chain embracing more natural ingredients and an old...
View ArticleAfter Market: Employment Tops '08 Peak, Stocks Hit New Highs
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Job Market Slow but steady -- that seems to be the new mantra here on Wall Street. The Dow Industrials and the S&P 500 plowed further into record territory on...
View ArticleNetflix's Latest Rival is Really a Friend in Disguise
Filed under: Company News, Media, Netflix, Entertainment Industry www.aereo.com Netflix (NFLX) is winning over a lot of fans: By the end of June, its popular streaming service is forecast to have...
View Article7 Products With Outrageous Markups
Filed under: Shopping, How to Save Money, Ripoffs & Scams, SpendingBy Hal M. Bundrick Everyone knows movie theater popcorn is no bargain, but would you have thought it was served with a 900 percent...
View ArticleHow You Can Easily Split Expenses With Friends
Filed under: Food & Beverage, Restaurants, How to Save Money, Consumer Issues, Saving Andres Rodriguez/AlamySharing a meal with friends doesn't have to end with confusion over the bill. By Stefanie...
View ArticleCorporate America Needs to Change for Millennials
Filed under: Careers, Economy Shutterstock By Hal M. Bundrick Millennials, generally defined as adults in their early 30s and younger, are gradually beginning to redefine America's priorities, from...
View ArticleBest of DailyFinance: The Week in Review (June 2-8, 2014)
Filed under: Breaking News Getty Images Didn't catch this week's top stories on DailyFinance? We've rounded up our weekly top most-shared stories of the week, from our coverage of MoneyTips.com's new...
View ArticleThis Disruptive 3-D Printer's Opportunity Is Deceivingly Large
Filed under: Investing Although Mcor Technologies, the disruptive Ireland-based 3-D printing company, only uses regular copy paper as its main 3-D printing material to keep operating costs low, its...
View ArticleSeadrill Ltd. and its Deepwater Peers Have a Big Week
Filed under: Investing Photo credit: Seadrill Seadrill started June off on a very positive note after the contract driller signed a $1.1 billion five-year contract for its West Jupiter ultra-deepwater...
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