April Fools

In a tradition that seems to have weathered even the direst financial news, some of America's top companies post practical jokes on April 1. From Google to Starbucks, the normally staid titans of industry are making the world just a little bit quirkier today.

While the recently enacted credit card rules provided some positive changes to the credit card landscape, there are still plenty of ways credit card companies can make a fool out of you, all while making a profit. To kick off Financial Literacy Month the team at FoolProof has decided to highlight...

Welcome April, you colorful and tauntingly warm but inconsistent month. Those of us living in four-seasons-land find it particularly hard to be stuck behind a desk on those first breezy, sunny spring days. If you can free yourself, this is a great time to do some shopping, house work, and take part...

Careful about pranking your fellow co-workers.That seems to be the message out there today from a quick survey of April Fool's stories running in the newspapers. April Fool's Day was once a day when merriment, pranks and corny jokes reigned supreme, and they still do -- but always with a caveat: Be...