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Researchers predict that more than half of us will own a smartphone by the end of the year, and even people who consider themselves tech-shy probably have an ordinary cell phone in their purse or clipped to a belt. Not just for texting or surfing the net, these devices are at the cutting edge of...

HSBC got plenty of attention when it disclosed that it had suspended foreclosures in its annual report Monday. But its not the only bank whose annual report made for interesting reading. The risk disclosures in banks' annual reports shed some light on their attitudes toward the mortgage mess.

The big solar panel installer has announced its second East Coast deal in a month: It's buying the residential solar business of Vermont-based groSolar, after picking up Maryland's Clean Currents. And SolarCity isn't the only West Coast solar player heading East for growth.

If you've ever been frustrated with the hassles of using credit card rewards, take a look at the new Citi 2G credit card, which takes the Credit Card 2.0 technology from Dynamics and allows you to push a button to pay with your Citi Thank You Rewards when you swipe. The new Citi PremierPass 2G and...

Things aren't moving along all that swimmingly in the loan modification world. The number of proprietary loan modifications – those conducted by lenders themselves rather than a government program -- fell by almost 14% in October, according to the Hope Now alliance. At least in part, the...

The Citigroup bailout is officially over: The U.S. Treasury has sold the last of its shares of the bank. Overall, the U.S. government netted $12 billion in profit from the $45 billion bailout.

It's not every day that you'll hear us tell you to use your credit card to buy a new laptop instead of using cash, but so long as you can pay it off right away there are many reasons to pay for your next laptop, or other holiday gadget, with a credit card. In our example, we'll use a new MacBook...

Citigroup on Monday morning reported third quarter net income of $2.2 billion, topping Wall Street estimates and marking its third consecutive quarterly operating profit. Citi shares were up as much as 2.3% in premarket trading.

When the government gave $700 billion to banks to keep them from collapsing when the economy teetered on the brink in 2008, the decision was controversial. Many decried the use of taxpayer money being used to bail out banks due to their own bad bets, and more than a few economists and pundits...

Interbrands' latest annual ranking of brand value once again has Coca-Cola as No. 1. But rising three spots within the Top 10 is Google. Now in the fourth spot, the search giant trails archrival Microsoft by only one rung on the brand-value ladder.