It’s bad enough to graduate from college with a mountain of student loans in a world where the prospects of landing a good job are terrible. But at least grads have something that should help their careers in the short- and …
Does Facebook’s Floundering IPO Signal a Market Top?
Facebook’s wretched stock performance over the past two weeks may reflect more than just a poorly managed initial public offering
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The Growing Debate Over Prepaid Debit Cards
At an event in Durham, N.C. on Wednesday, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray announced that the agency is “decid[ing] how we should go about regulating prepaid cards to better protect consumers and to provide clear rules for prepaid providers.”
The rapidly growing prepaid market is attracting both banks and …
Toyota Prius: Niche Car No More
Drivers around the globe purchased nearly a quarter million Toyota Priuses in the first quarter of 2012. That makes the Prius the world’s third best-selling car—and it firmly establishes the fact that this hybrid is not a fluke …
Housing Market Better Than It Looks
Home prices rose 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis in March, according to new numbers from the S&P/Case-Shiller index. But four cities showed worse results in March than they had in February, with Atlanta notably down 0.4% over …
Tips for Effective Website Landing Pages
No matter what business you’re in, if you’re serious about entrepreneurial success, you need to have a website. And that website must have compelling landing pages, which are Web pages designed to promote or sell a product or a service, or to provide a navigational path to products or services. A landing page’s goal is usually to convert …
Find Your Willpower
Mustering willpower is a struggle for almost everyone — and it’s getting harder. Today, more distractions make it difficult to focus on your goals. To keep yourself on track, try the following:
Forget the Money Pit: The New World of Smarter, Cost-Conscious, Value-Oriented Home Renovations
The mid-’00s was not only a heyday for real estate speculation and house flipping—it was also prime time for luxurious, over-the-top home renovations. Perfectly functional rooms were gutted for dramatic makeovers, and the …
How to Make Recruiters Work for You
A call from a recruiter is more likely to be for their gain than yours. Still, that call could be the springboard for your next jump up the career ladder.
The Myth of American Decline: An Interview with Author Daniel Gross
You don’t have to look very hard to find proof that over the past five years Americans have evolved into a very pessimistic bunch. Far more of us think the country is headed in the wrong direction than think it’s on the right …
Billionaire Raider Carl Icahn: Just What Chesapeake Energy Needs?
The pugnacious activist investor wants the natural-gas giant to address its cash crunch and improve corporate governance.