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The woman who paid down $120K in credit card debt in five yearsFrancine Bostick racked up six figures in debt before deciding it had to go. Here's how she did it.
Sunscreen recall: Banana Boat spray-ons can catch on fireSunscreen recall involves 23 Banana Boat spray-on products. Five burn incidents in the US and Canada spurred the Banana Boat sunscreen recall.
Youth volunteering is well worth your timeAlmost every youth activity out there suffers for lack of volunteers. Taking part is a small time commitment that reaps big rewards.
Google could disappear in five years. Here's why.Could Google really go the way of Yahoo!, which was once dominant in search? One analyst thinks so, because its weak earnings reflect the larger problem of generating ad revenue from mobile traffic.
Forget range anxiety, Volt owners have gas anxietyCharging data by a charging infrastructure company suggests that Volt owners are concerned about relying on their gas engine, Gordon-Bloomfield writes.
Stocks down as weak earnings drag market lowerStock prices dropped Friday after the release of poor corporate earning reports from Microsoft, General Electric and McDonald's. All 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 fell, led by materials and technology stocks.
The 401(k): an introductionThe term is thrown around all the time, but what really is a 401(k) plan? Trent Hamm explains.
Home sales fall 1.7 percent in SeptemberThe National Association of Realtors' most recent Existing Home Sales Report shows a decline of 1.7 percent in sales since August. Home sales still rose above 11 percent the level a year ago.
Are hybrid stereotypes a thing of the past?With more hybrids than ever before on the market, have hybrid cars and their drivers broken through their own stereotypes? Gordon-Bloomfield offers some reasons for why the hybrid seems to be entering into the mainstream.
Game night offers a low-cost evening of laughsGame nights are really just an excuse to spend an evening with friends gathered together socializing without spending much money at all, Hamm writes.
Fisker Karma gets cameo in Harrison Ford thrillerFisker Karma is set to boost its Hollywood image with a cameo in an upcoming Harrison Ford movie, Ingram writes.
Microsoft earnings: a miss. Its new era? Unclear.Missing profit expectations, Microsoft looks to Oct. 26 launch of Windows 8. But skepticism is growing that Microsoft's 'new era' will propel slumping PC sales.
2014 Corvette so different, GM will shut down plant to retool2014 Corvette will carry over only two parts from the current model. So GM's Bowling Green, Ky., plant will have to close for six months to get ready to build 2014 Corvette.
Presidential debate 101: Does $25,000 deduction cap make Romney tax math work?At the last presidential debate, Romney floated the number $25,000. According to one analysis, such a cap on deductions would generate $1.3 trillion in revenues, short of the estimated $5 trillion in tax cuts.
How Obama can defeat Romney: Break up the big banks.President Barack Obama should counter Mitt Romney’s extraordinary solicitude toward Wall Street with a proposal to cap the size of the nation’s biggest banks, Reich writes.
Gloomy Google report hurts Nasdaq; Stocks fallTrading of Google stock halted Thursday after a poor earnings report was prematurely published. The report's bleak advertising figures dragged down Facebook stock as well.
The real lesson about capping itemized deductionsThe campaign of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has criticized the Tax Policy Center for new research that provides evidence that a deduction cap is a pretty good, though insufficient, idea, Gleckman writes.
Bullet tax? Chicago eyes curbing violence, raising money.Cook County official proposes a five-cent bullet tax to curb violence. Bullet tax would raise an estimated $1 million a year.
- Bullet tax? Chicago eyes curbing violence, raising money.
Cook County official proposes a five-cent bullet tax to curb violence. Bullet tax would raise an estimated $1 million a year.
Google's big miss highlights Wall Street's big worryGoogle isn't the only company reporting disappointing revenues. So far this earnings season, most companies have exceeded profits expectations, but only 42 percent have beaten revenue forecasts.
