Consumers can be a soft-hearted bunch. In fact, 80% of consumers say that, price and quality being equal, they would switch from one brand to another if the second brand supported a cause that was dea...

Many business owners and professionals have signed up for LinkedIn.com, but very few take full advantage of the networking site’s ability to help them grow their businesses and succeed professionall...

Note: In late January, Congress passed legislation to suspend the nation’s borrowing limit for three months, until May 19, providing more time for budget negotiations before Democrats and Republican...

The government stopped some, but these slipped through The federal government has taken steps to protect consumers from the credit card industry’s worst abuses. But several common practices still v...

There’s a monumental struggle under way right now that will shape the fate of the US economy and the stock market in 2013. The outcome will determine whether we are headed for continued slow growth ...

My colleague recently called his local phone company to cancel one of his two residential phone lines. The customer service rep said that dropping one line would reduce his $87 monthly bill—but only...

In this tough job market, you can’t play by the old “rules.” As a career coach who has helped thousands of clients, I’ve found that contrarian job-search advice often is more effective. Here's...

You typically can’t buy a car, open a bank account or obtain Internet service without signing a contract. Those contracts inevitably are drafted by the company offering the product or service. That�...

Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) is a major international consumer-products company with such brands as Colgate, Ajax and Palmolive. Its namesake toothpaste is number one in the US and Latin America, and th...

Can your previous employer stop you from getting a new job? Possibly, if you signed a noncompete agreement. Noncompete agreements—legal documents that bar employees from working for competing busin...