In matters of life and death, it turns out that semantics matters. When researchers asked people what age they would "live to," compared with what age they would "die by," people's expectations shot up by an average of nine years. That life expectancy could have a big impact on your retirement finances.
Development of technologically advanced -- and expensive -- lifesaving treatments will continue to increase as the new health care reform law is phased in over the next few years.
Increased hiring of temps and in industries such as retail and tourism has barely offset the far larger job cuts in print media and telecom, according to the UCLA Anderson Forecast.
According to a new report from UCLA, debt-slashing consumers and politically wary corporations will result in a slow recovery.
A new company called Ultrinsic Motivator Inc. has an interesting proposition for students: place bets on your grades. The website, which currently allows students at 36 campuses to place wagers on their academic performance, could help keep students motivated during college -- and, with any luck, help them graduate with less or even no debt.
Western California's economy has started to pick up, but prospects for the inland regions still look grim, a recent report by UCLA's Anderson School of Management says. For the state as a whole, the recovery won't be speedy.
