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...

  When I founded Boardroom Inc. in the basement of my home more than 35 years ago, I started with just $5,000 and a dream. Today Boardroom is one of the world’s largest publishers of consume...

Smarter plays for individual investors Warren Buffett ranks as one of the greatest investors of all time. Over more than three decades, his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has purchased dozens of stocks an...

  We all want to make a positive first impression. To do so, we need to understand that there are six basic personality types. Each personality type has a unique way of speaking and looking a...

Former FBI agent Joe Navarro tells how We’re being watched. Our body language, our actions and our facial expressions send signals that others receive and evaluate. I learned as an FBI agent to q...

Forecast from the Stock Trader's Almanac To many frightened investors, the current global financial crisis and stock market turmoil appear to be without precedent. But to financial historian Jeffre...

  There’s a lot on the line when difficult situations come up in the workplace, and it isn’t always obvious what -- if anything -- we should say. If we say the wrong thing, we could annoy ...

Very successful people share their secrets Think big, plan carefully and execute perfectly. That advice helped guide Martin Edelston when he founded the company Boardroom Inc., which publishes Bott...

  The high interest rates touted by on-line banks are tantalizing, but many people are fearful of virtual banks. How do you make a deposit? Get cash? Or do all the other things that you do at ...

New red flags that could trigger an audit The IRS has been stepping up efforts to make sure that taxpayers are paying up, especially as the federal budget deficit soars. About 40,000 more individual ...