Congressional gridlock has had one slightly beneficial impact on federal income tax filers this year—there weren’t many big changes in the tax rules to further confuse you when you filed your 2011...

Buying a vehicle from an American automaker no longer guarantees that your car is American-made. American automakers now have factories all over the world—while some foreign carmakers have factories...

The recent recession has taken its toll on many working people, but those who lack college degrees have fared the worst. The unemployment rate among Americans whose education ended with a high school ...

Think back to the last time you received one of those forms from Medicare or your health insurer that’s marked “THIS IS NOT A BILL.” Chances are you stuck it in a pile or even tossed it in the g...

A few poorly chosen words in the workplace can damage an employee’s reputation and cripple his/her career. Even smart, well-meaning employees sometimes say the wrong things. Among the thoughts never...

In November, shocking allegations emerged that Jerry Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator of the Penn State University football team, had sexually molested young boys whom he befriended through a ...

Credit card issuers have been rolling out an array of attractive incentives to get consumers to choose and use their cards. That’s partly because credit cards still are very profitable for the issue...

At least 650,000 Americans joined credit unions in a recent four-week period, more than in all of 2010, according to a survey by the Credit Union National Association. Many of them have shifted to cre...

The most commonly used passwords and personal identification numbers (PINs) for computers, E-mail accounts, bank accounts and other password-protected information are password... 123456... qwerty... a...

Gone are the days of pawnshops as places to unload stolen goods. In many municipalities, pawnshops are required to provide law enforcement with a daily list of all pawned items, along with description...