Remember the $1 coin? Probably not, considering none of us really use it. That’s why there’s about $1 billion worth of them sitting in the Federal Reserve’s vault. But now, the supercommittee charged with fixing our federal …
An estimated 4,500 cattle have been reported missing or stolen this year in Texas and Oklahoma. And the livestock thieves seem to know exactly what they’re doing. “These guys are not your typical fly-by-night, …
Last week, Barnes & Noble started selling items like rugs and cooking utensils on its website. “If shoppers are buying cookbooks from bn.com, it’s natural to offer them cooking supplies at the same time; if shoppers are buying new …
We’ve all gotten a utility bill that was larger than we were expecting. A $250 electricity bill here. A $100 gas bill there. This family got one, too. Except, it was a cell phone bill for more than $200,000.
Remember when your parents told you to finish the food on your plate because “people in China were starving?” Well, the Chinese might well be saying that about America these days.
Hint: It’s in a state with a lot of cheese. It has a low unemployment rate. It has about 40,000 people. Ok, you probably haven’t heard of it.
Just when you thought every bank in the country was tacking on as many fees as possible comes a Texas credit union that pays 15 cents every time its members make a debit card purchase.
It’s cheating, but a different kind. According to a new survey, 1 in 4 married people in the U.S. would not tell their spouse if they were experiencing financial difficulties. Some didn’t want to worry their partner, while …
In an excerpt from his new book The Price of Civilization, liberal economist Jeffery Sachs argues that without a robust middle class and even more government spending, the U.S. will remain stagnant for years.
We’re in a new age of financial volatility that could last years, and it seems that nobody has the answers to get us out.
Maybe Starbucks doesn’t realize that many economists are forecasting a double-dip recession. Or maybe they just don’t realize that people don’t like stains on their shirts.
The fragile economy pushed more Americans into poverty last year, according to the Census Bureau, as median household income fell from the year before.
