If you’re stressed out and tired, it’s hard to learn new things. Exercise, sleep, and a good diet are all essential for keeping your brain in peak condition, but you can also do the following to perform at your cognitive and creative best
The 4 Keys to Killer Customer Service
The secret to a loyal customer base is no secret at all: Great customer service will bring them back every time. Here’s what you need to know.
Nickeled, Dimed, and Dollared to Death: Fee-Laden Payroll Cards Forced On Low-Wage Workers
A recent lawsuit and reports from regulators and consumer advocates suggest that some of the most abusive fees are being forced on those least able to protect themselves
Viewpoint: The Case for Government-Backed Terrorism Insurance
This article was adapted from the testimony of Erwann Michel-Kerjan, managing director of Wharton’s Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, before the U.S. Congress, House Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity’s Committee on Financial Services in 2012.
Given the series of unprecedented disasters and …
The Most Profitable Two Seconds on Wall Street
The University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index is one of the most trusted gauges of consumer sentiment, and its monthly release is followed closely by investors all over the globe.
Any single piece of information that …
How to Position Your Nest Egg for Rising Rates
The Fed is dropping hints about higher rates and the bond market is pushing yields higher. Is this sweet relief for savers? Here’s how to get ready for the sea change.
How to Know a Patent Troll When You See One? You Can’t
Back in late 2011, a company named Innovatio threatened to sue 8,000 coffee shops, hotels, and stores around the United States, claiming that the Wi-Fi networks they had set up for their customers were illegal. The networks, Innovatio claimed, violated patents it held on Wi-Fi technology. But Innovatio hadn’t invented Wi-Fi. In fact, …
After Sex Scandal, Eliot Spitzer Makes a Comeback
Disgraced by ties to a prostitution ring, the former governor announced his candidacy for New York City comptroller angling to challenge Wall Street once again.
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20 Words That Will Make or Break Financial Reform
Correction appended: July 8, 2013, 9:46 p.m. E.T.
Derivatives, those complex exploding financial securities that were at the heart of the 2008 Lehman Brothers collapse and global financial crisis, have been at the top of bank reformers’ agenda over the past five years. Figuring out a way to make them — and thus our financial …
Stevie Walks: Wall Street Billionaire Steve Cohen Dodges Insider Trading Charges
Wall Street hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen is reportedly poised to avoid federal insider trading charges because U.S. prosecutors don’t believe they have enough evidence to bring a case against the billionaire financial mogul. …
Women at the Auto Repair Shop: Better at Haggling, Yet More Likely to Get Ripped Off
According to a new study, it’s good and bad to be a woman when dealing with auto mechanics: It’s bad because you’re more likely to get above-market price quotes for the job at hand, but good because you’re more likely than a man to negotiate a better price.
Mobile Banking? There’s an App for That — and Often a Sizable Fee Too
Banking with your smartphone? There’s an app for that. But some customers are finding there’s a fee for it as well.