While deep sub-prime penetration plays itself out in a down housing market, this tech-topia is exploding into a hyperlocal housing supernova, all because of three little letters: IPO.
The FDA just introduced a series of appropriately gruesome warnings for cigarette packaging and advertisements about how smoking can kill you. But it can also kill your finances.
It’s time for new housing market stimulus. But how? Home sales fell 3.8% in May. That might not sound like a big drop in sales. After all, real estate is double dipping. But for this time of year, it’s big. May and June are typically prime home buying months. So if homes aren’t selling now, [...]
Fresh fruits and vegetables have soared in price per calorie over the past 30 years while soda has fallen dramatically in price.
Monica Vigna-Bony was at the drugstore picking up a prescription for Advair, an asthma inhaler, when she finally lost her cool over the astronomical price of being uninsured. Because she works part-time at a retail store, Vigna-Bony, 44, doesn’t have health insurance, and neither does her husband. But things changed after she sought advice from [...]
Unemployment, misery, workplace dissatisfaction, the disappearing American Dream, forecasts of another Great Depression … Yikes!
The latest out of Wall Street-land is a warning by analysts that bank profits will show a sharp contraction for the second quarter of 2011. The decline stands in contrast to the widespread perception that banks and investment houses are booming while the rest of the economy is suffering. Or does it?
To celebrate 40 years in business, Southwest Airlines is discounting flights all over the country, with one-way fares of $40, $80, and $120. The $40 flights are shorter-haul routes such as Boston-Baltimore and Denver-Salt Lake City, while mid-range flights like Nashville-Austin and San Diego-Seattle are $80, and the longest journeys (Albany-Las Vegas, Newark-Los Angeles, Philadelphia-Phoenix) [...]
Scammers are just as prevalent as they were when Bernie Madoff was still a free man. Here’re five tips to help you steer clear of getting financially cheated.
We’re not talking about churning your own butter or digging a well. The Amish way of life has a financial practicality to it that can work for anyone — even those with electricity.
It's practically impossible to keep up with all the fine print on credit card offers that promise big rewards on airfare, hotels and other summer vacation essentials. We got three experts to sift through the latest travel reward credit card offers to find the best ones.
