Used Car Loans' Sky-High Rates Latest Banking Scandal
Filed under: Saving Rich Pedroncelli/AP By Maria Vultaggio | @mariamzzarella | m.vultaggio@ibtimes.com Millions of Americans with shoddy credit are being offered auto loans by used car dealerships,...
View ArticleShark Sightings Off Cape Cod Give Tourism a Big Boost
Filed under: Retail, Travel Industry, Financial Education Steven Senne/APA bin filled with plastic toy sharks at a souvenir shop in Chatham, Mass. By RODRIQUE NGOWI CHATHAM, Mass. -- In "Jaws," the...
View ArticleHasbro's Sales Climb but Profit Slips
Filed under: Earnings, Consumer Goods, Toys Hasbro/AP By Shailaja Sharma Hasbro (HAS), the second-largest U.S. toymaker, reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue as sales of its games and...
View ArticleLatest Batch of Earnings Will Test Economy's Strength
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Wall Street Watch, Stocks Richard Drew/AP By Caroline Valetkevitch A long hoped for improvement in the economy appears to be manifesting itself in second-quarter...
View ArticleGDP Watch: National Growth Decelerated in June
Filed under: EconomyAfter a 2.9% drop in gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2014, all eyes have been on June economic readings. After all, June marks the end of the second quarter....
View ArticleBuilding a Solid Nest Egg: It's Location, Location, Location
Filed under: Saving Getty Images By Sharon Epperson | @sharon_epperson Saving enough money for retirement is the first step toward building your nest egg, but just as important is where you invest that...
View ArticleVerizon's Rewards Program: It Wants to Get to Know You
Filed under: Internet, Telecommunications, Mobile Technology, Cell Phones, Saving Alamy By PETER SVENSSON NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless is launching a nationwide loyalty program this week for its...
View ArticleThe Secret 770 Account: What It Is, Why You Should Have One
Filed under: Personal Finance, Estate Planning, Life Insurance, Income Tax, Financial Education Shutterstock For at least the last few years, the Internet has been abuzz about the "secret 770 account"...
View ArticleThe Momentum Is With American Manufacturing Again
Filed under: Manufacturing, This Built America Corbis By Bill Greiner, Forbes contributor For the last three years, manufacturing activity has been growing more rapidly than the gross domestic product....
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Grows a Bit Cautious on Small-Cap Stocks
Filed under: InvestingInvestors who prefer to invest in small-cap stocks instead of Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index stocks may have a difficult time through the rest of 2014. That is...
View ArticleWhen Comparison Shopping Is Worth It -- and When It's Not
Filed under: Shopping, How to Save Money, Shopping Trends, Saving jupiterimages Consumers are advised to comparison-shop for everything, but a new survey reveals that not all time spent bargain hunting...
View ArticleHow to Cut Your Summer Electric Bill Now
Filed under: Saving Getty ImagesA programmable thermostat can help control the temperature in your home, allowing your air conditioner to work less, so you can pay less. By Abby Hayes You don't have to...
View ArticleMoms and Dads Attaching More Strings to Paying for College
Filed under: Student Loans, Careers, College, Financial Aid, Scholarships, Education zimmytws/Shutterstock More parents are behaving like business executives when it comes to helping to finance their...
View ArticleWeak Earnings, Ukraine Tensions Weigh on Stocks
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Investing AP/Richard Drew By MATTHEW CRAFT NEW YORK -- The stock market started the week with a slight loss on Monday as investors weighed a mixed batch of corporate...
View ArticleMarket Close: Stocks Climb as Solid Earnings Reports Roll In
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Investing Getty Images NEW YORK -- Solid earnings for a range of big companies helped nudge the stock market higher on Tuesday. The restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican...
View ArticleBill Ackman Slams Herbalife's Nutrition Clubs: 'It's a Pyramid Scheme'
Filed under: Investment Fraud, CEOs, Ripoffs & Scams, Investing Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images William 'Bill' Ackman, founder and chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management...
View ArticleAgencies Help Seniors Find Roommates, Companionship
Filed under: Personal Finance, Housing Market, Social Security, Financial Education Kathy Willens/APCarolyn Allen, a 69-year-old widow who has suffered two strokes, didn't want to live alone and can't...
View Article3 Steps You'll Want to Take Before You Invest in Anything
Filed under: Investing Basics, Investing Denis Vrublevski/Shutterstock If you've accumulated some extra cash, you'd be smart to get it out of the bank and invest it. But if you're going to take your...
View ArticleWitness Wednesdays Promote Plight of the Long-Term Jobless
Filed under: Recession, Job Market, Unemployment, U.S. Government, Economy www.foreffectivegov.org You've heard the story many times about good people who lose their jobs through no fault of their own,...
View ArticleDisney Wants You to See Dumbo Fly Again - in Live Action
Filed under: Company News, Walt Disney, Rumors, Industry News, Entertainment Industry Moviestore collection Ltd./Alamy Dumbo is coming to the silver screen again, but we're not talking about a...
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