7 Secrets Credit Card Companies Don't Want You to Know
Filed under: Banking, Personal Finance, Credit Cards, Consumer Issues, Financial Education Getty ImagesYou may love your credit card, but once you're hit with a rising interest rate, you'll find out it...
View ArticleHow to Safely Increase the Estate You'll Leave to Your Family
Filed under: Personal Finance, Estate Planning, Life Insurance, Annuities, Financial Education monkeybusinessimages via Getty Images When my mother entered her 70s, she began focusing more on what she...
View Article7 Reasons Buffett May Sit on Berkshire's $55 Billion in Cash
Filed under: Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Value Investing, Warren Buffett, Investing Bill Pugliano/Getty Images With the recent revelation that Warren Buffett's firm, Berkshire Hathaway,...
View ArticlePizza and Pasta IPOs Aren't Making Investors Much Dough
Filed under: Company News, Industry News, Restaurants, IPOs, Investing Nicholas Eckhart/Flickr A lot of restaurant stocks have gone public over the past year and change. Investors have been hungry for...
View ArticleCheck Your Spice Rack: Oregano Recalled for Salmonella Risk
Filed under: Recalls, Consumer Goods, Food & Beverage, Consumer Protection, Saving McCormick & Co. McCormick & Co., one of the best known names in the spice business, is recalling a batch...
View ArticleSupervalu Grocery Chain Latest to Suffer Data Breach
Filed under: Identity Theft, Retail, Personal Finance, Consumer Protection, Financial Education Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA customer shops for yogurt at a Cub Foods store owned by...
View ArticleApple Begins Storing User Data on Servers in China
Filed under: Technology, Apple, China, Computer Industry, Consumer Issues Andy Wong/APShoppers at an Apple store in the Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing. By Gerry Shih and Paul Carsten BEIJING...
View ArticleRobust Factory Output Boosts U.S. Economic Outlook
Filed under: Economic Indicators, Inflation, Investing LM Otero/APSUVs rolling off the assembly line at a General Motors auto plant in Arlington, Texas. By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- U.S....
View ArticleAirlines Squeezing Even More Seats Onto Smaller Planes
Filed under: Company News, Industry News, Transportation & Logistics, Travel Industry, Investing Jack Sullivan/Alamy When it comes to air travel these days, you can have easy access to the flights...
View ArticleConsumer Sentiment Slips Even as Economy Improves
Filed under: Economic Indicators, GDP, Inflation, Economic Recovery, Consumer Issues Mark Lennihan/AP By Sam Forgione U.S. consumer sentiment fell in August to its lowest since last November while a...
View ArticleThis Week's Winners and Losers: Monster Deals, Cisco Reels
Filed under: Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Industry News, Wall Street Watch, Upgrades and Downgrades Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images There were plenty of winners and losers this week,...
View ArticleRecalled Vornado Space Heaters Can Melt, May Cause Fires
Filed under: Consumer Ally, Recalls, Consumer Protection, Saving www.cpsc.gov It might be hot outside, but it's time to think about space heaters. Specifically, Vornado VH 110 whole-room Vortex...
View ArticleFedEx Indicted for Money Laundering in Online Drug Case
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View ArticleHow Berkshire Hathaway Soared to $200,000 a Share
Filed under: Company News, Value Investing, Wall Street Watch, Warren Buffett, Investing Nati Harnik/AP There are all sorts of exclusive clubs on Wall Street -- and then there's Warren Buffett's...
View ArticleMarket Wrap: Stocks Rebound After Midday Tumble on Ukraine
Filed under: Market News, International Trade, Stock Markets, Investing AP/Sergei GritsA local resident passes by Ukrainian army APC in the city of Lutugino, eastern Ukraine on Friday. Fears of an...
View ArticleIt's Going to Be a Long Way Back for J.C. Penney
Filed under: Company News, JC Penney, Earnings, Retail, Investing Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg/Getty Images The market is happy with J.C. Penney (JCP) -- for now. Shares of the department store operator...
View ArticleWhat I Look Forward to Most in Retirement
Filed under: Saving Getty ImagesSavor the freedom of retirement by managing your own days. By Dave Bernard As someone on the cusp of retirement, I occasionally pause to picture life ahead when I will...
View ArticleHow to Avoid Being Stuck in the Sandwich Generation
Filed under: Retirement, Elder Care, Home Health Care, Retirement Living, Planning Alamy If you're part of the sandwich generation -- responsible for care of both your aging parents and your own...
View ArticleBest of DailyFinance: The Week in Review (August 11 - 17)
Filed under: Personal Finance McCormick & Co. Our coverage of McCormick's oregano recall last week went viral fast. Hopefully, you've gotten the chance to check your spice rack. If not, now's the...
View ArticleTrue Confessions of a Former Debt Collector
Filed under: Mortgages, Personal Finance, Debt Collection, Financial Education Wavebreak Media/Alamy I have been yelled at. My family and my life have been threatened. I've heard every inappropriate...
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