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Money troubles are hard to contain. If your finances are in shambles, the problems can quickly spread, and you probably won't be able to hide them from your boss. Therein lies the trouble: How you handle your money sends a signal to your employers about how you'd handle theirs.

Houston tax attorney David Shoemaker doesn't want to wait around for retirement. Instead, he has opted for a job that gives him three months off each year so he can enjoy life now. Here's how he traded his future retirement for quality of life today.

It's eight months before tax season, but our experts are already on hand to tackle your personal finance questions. Leave a comment down below and we'll get on it. Here, the experts help readers with questions about changing careers, taxes and health care. Question: I am weighing a career change...

The unemployment rate remains stubbornly above 9 percent, but certain sectors hit hard by the recession are making a surprise come back. Finance is one, according to Paul Webster, a director of the front office banking area for top recruiting firm Michael Page International. Wall Street, especially...

Temporary employment is on the rise as companies beginning to grow again opt to hedge their bets. According to workplace consultant Lynn Taylor, author of "Tame Your TOT" (Terrible Office Tyrant), this trend offers advantages and hazards to employers and employees alike. "Both sides have gotten...

Summer officially begins in less than two weeks, but the summer semester has begun at many schools and students are preparing for internships overseas. It is truly a dream come true to have an internship lined up in an exotic locale such as Paris, Jerusalem, Amsterdam or Moscow. Travel does indeed...

News about the economy remains mixed. Unemployment went up to 9.9% in April but employers added 290,000 jobs. Job postings in health care dipped by 5% between April 2009 and April 2010 but increased in the 11 other industries that job search engine Indeed.com tracks, including education. Welcome...

The economy may be slowly climbing out of the sinkhole it was in for the past two years but that still has not translated into jobs. Unemployment remained a high 9.7% in January, and experts fear that those positions are gone forever. As a result, more and more Americans may be forced to reassess...

Barbie is looking for a new job, and she's exploring several options: surgeon, architect, computer engineer, news anchor, and environmentalist. Barbie's latest career move will be decided by an online vote that ends Wednesday, Feb. 10, and will be unveiled Feb. 12 at the Toy Fair in New...

Conan O'Brien is out of a job now that his last gig on "The Tonight Show" has aired, but like many unemployed people, he'll probably find losing his job to be the best move of his career. The $32.5 million severance he's getting from NBC is enough to take care of him for life, but that's not the...