Personal Finance Wanted: More Women to Become Financial Planners by Nicole Seghetti May 23rd 2013 5:00AM Countless studies show that women are better investors than men -- so why are there so few of them in the financial planning business? Share
Shopping 3 T-Shirts for $7: The Risks and Rewards of Buying 'Irregular' by Matt Brownell May 22nd 2013 11:17AM Everybody likes to discover a good bargain when they're clothes shopping. But are the "irregular" clothes marked down at discount stores a 'good' bargain or a bad deal? Share
Company News Move Over, Apple: 16 More U.S. Firms Stash Billions Overseas by DailyFinance Staff May 22nd 2013 2:50PM Apple is under fire for keeping billions in profits overseas, where it doesn't have to pay U.S. taxes, but Apple is hardly the only big company dodging the IRS this way. Share
Housing Market New Home Sales Up 2.3% in April as Median Price Hits Record High by The Associated Press May 23rd 2013 1:49PM Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high. Share
Job Market U.S. Jobless Claims Drop More Than Expected, Indicating Economic Resilience by Reuters May 23rd 2013 8:58AM The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market. Share
Books Amazon to Turn Fan Fiction into a Money Maker for Writers by Matt Brownell May 22nd 2013 4:34PM The fan fiction world has long been home to amateur authors writing more for fun than money. But Amazon's new Kindle Worlds will finally let them get paid for their stories. Share
IRS Welcome to the Club, Tea Party: Previous Political IRS Scandals by Eamon Murphy May 22nd 2013 12:20PM Scandalous, potentially politically motivated behavior at the IRS? Not only isn't that new, it was often far worse. Let's review some lowlights of the IRS's last century. Share
Personal Finance 4 Common Pieces of Money Advice You Can't Afford to Follow by Selena Maranjian May 22nd 2013 12:05PM Few of us are financial experts, so when it comes to money matters, we usually welcome advice. The trouble, though, is that not all the financial advice we get is sound. Share
Outsourcing Should You Boycott Walmart, Gap Over Factory Worker Safety? by M. Joy Hayes, Ph.D. May 22nd 2013 5:00AM After a garment factory collapse in Bangladesh killed over 1,100 workers, many companies signed an accord to improve safety conditions there. Not on the list: Walmart and Gap. Share
Investing Housing Boom Leaves Some Stocks in the Dust by Rick Aristotle Munarriz May 22nd 2013 12:46PM The housing boom continues, but while some stocks may be rightfully soaring, other logical winners aren't cashing in on the trend. Share
Personal Finance A $12,000 Smartphone May Already Be in Your Pocket by Bruce Watson May 21st 2013 3:33PM How much is your cell phone worth in your life? According to a recent study, the answer could be up to $12,000 a year! Share
Auto Industry Tesla Repays $465M Government Loan 9 Years Early by Reuters May 23rd 2013 6:08AM Electric carmaker Tesla has paid off its U.S. Department of Energy loan nine years earlier than required, using money raised last week in a stock and debt offering. Share
Federal Reserve Bernanke Signals Fed Will Keep Stimulus in Place by The Associated Press May 22nd 2013 10:55AM Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke tells Congress that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the central bank to end its extraordinary stimulus program. Share
Earnings HP's Slump Deepens as Profits Plummet 32% in Fiscal 2Q by The Associated Press May 22nd 2013 4:50PM Hewlett-Packard's slump is deepening as the world's largest personal computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices. Share
Green The Hidden Prices We Pay for Genetically Modified Seeds by Eamon Murphy May 21st 2013 11:30AM Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that Monsanto can control how farmers use its genetically-modified soybean seeds. Here's why those little beans are a big deal to you. Share
Technology Much Remains Unknown About Microsoft's New Xbox One by The Associated Press May 22nd 2013 6:46AM After four years of development, Microsoft unveils the Xbox One entertainment console touting it as an all-in-one solution for playing games, watching TV and more. Share
Credit Bad Behavior: Men, Women and Credit Card Debt by Michele Lerner May 22nd 2013 5:00AM Tracking how men and women used credit cards over the course of a year revealed some striking differences -- and proved that both sexes could manage their debt a lot better. Share
Retail Which Stores Price-Match Their Own Websites - and Which Don't by Matt Brownell May 21st 2013 5:00AM When a retailer charges more online than it does in stores, it won't always price-match itself. Here's how to work around the policy. Share
Retirement Plans Don't Worry About Today's Retirees - but Gen X Is In Trouble by CNNMoney May 20th 2013 2:37PM It turns out that Americans in their sixties today have it better than any generation before them, but the generations behind them face a much less prosperous retirement. Share
