13 Major Suburbs Where Poverty Is Soaring
Don't let the white picket fences fool you. For the first time ever, poor people in America's largest suburbs outnumber those in cities.
Finance
Which Stocks Will Be Winners? Employees Spill the Beans
Wondering how a company is really doing? Ask its rank-and-file employees. Glassdoor has done just that; here's how you can use their answers to buff up your portfolio.
The Highest-Paid CEOs in Banking
J.P. Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon made $18.7 million last year, putting him fourth on the list of highest-paid chiefs in banking. Which CEOs made even more?
Wanted: More Women to Become Financial Planners
Countless studies show that women are better investors than men -- so why are there so few of them in the financial planning business?
Move Over, Apple: 16 More U.S. Firms Stash Billions Overseas
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.
4 Common Pieces of Money Advice You Can't Afford to Follow
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.
The 20 Most Valuable Brands In The World
Every year, BrandZ and Millward Brown Optimor calculate and rank brands based on their global value. These are the 20 most valuable brands for 2013. (Think mobile.)
Should You Boycott Walmart, Gap Over Factory Worker Safety?
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.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Retains Chairmanship
Jamie Dimon has maintained his dual role at JPMorgan Chase, after shareholders at the firm's annual meeting voted down a proposal to split the positions of CEO and chairman.
Top 5 Most Valuable Global Brands
Apple remains the top global brand with an estimated value of $185 billion. Which other companies have brands worth billions?
The Hidden Prices We Pay for Genetically Modified Seeds
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.
Don't Worry About Today's Retirees - but Gen X Is In Trouble
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.
Along the Road to a Greener America, an Awful Lot of Roadkill
The global financial crisis helped slam the brakes on clean-tech dreams from electric cars to solar panels, but the roots of green energy's mid-life crisis run far deeper.
Why Your Facebook Account Is More Secure Than Your Bank Account
Facebook and Google use an extra line of defense to keep intruders out of your account. Why don't banks do the same?
Want to Refinance Your Student Loans? The CFPB Wants to Help
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to help people struggling with heavy student loan debt get the same kind of ability to refinance that mortgage-holders have.