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    By Catherine New

    | 8:30AM 4/14/2011
    For sexually active women and men who use contraception, the cost of birth control ranges from $10 to $100 or more a month. That's not terribly high, but in tough economic times, the impact of that expense is magnified. Here are options and prices for avoiding an unplanned pregnancy.

    By Douglas McIntyre

    | 7:30AM 4/01/2011
    Supermarket chains like Kroger and Safeway have posted a string of strong quarterly earnings. But with the costs of gas and agricultural products spiking, that could all change.

    By Peter Cohan

    | 10:00AM 2/19/2011
    Government measures show that inflation, at 1.6% in January, is still below the Fed's target of 2%. But commodity prices are soaring, and anyone who pays their household bills knows that food and energy prices are rising because of it. Is the Consumer Price Index getting it wrong?

    By Dan Burrows

    | 8:27AM 10/12/2010
    Retail stocks tend to rise ahead of other sectors in the early stages of an economic recovery, and so far, following a familiar pattern, both up-market and discount chains have benefited at the expense of middle-market players. So is it time to buy stock in wholesale clubs?

    By Josh Smith

    | 1:00PM 6/14/2010
    You know that scene in every teenage sitcom where the protagonist heads to the local train or bus station with a fistful of dollars and asks the tickets seller, "How far will this get me?" Inevitably it's never enough, but magically close enough. Well, if you want to know how far your limited...

    By Josh Smith

    | 2:00PM 2/04/2010
    In a word -- Yes. Thanks to a combination of factors, Scitable, both the science website and the platform itself, has the potential to change the way students learn and, more importantly to students; how much they have to pay for access to up-to-date, credible, high-quality information.

    By The Associated Press

    | 6:56AM 1/07/2010
    The nation's retailers are reporting signs of life in December sales figures that show modest holiday gains. Several are raising profit outlooks because they didn't have to resort to drastic price-cutting because of lean inventories.

    By Barbara Bartlein

    | 5:00PM 11/30/2009
    Despite cost overruns totaling nearly $1.1 billion in nine of its flagship projects, NASA will see its 2010 fiscal year budget increase to $18.7 billion. Combined with the $1 billion NASA got from the new stimulus package, that's $2.4 billion more than the space agency received in 2008. But there...

    By Michelle Leder

    | 5:00PM 10/31/2009
    I've always been a big fan of the phrase "keep it simple, stupid," which apparently was created by a person who designed spy planes for a living. But keeping it simple is a lot easier to say than do when it comes to Securities & Exchange Commission filings. I know, because I've had to read...

    By Douglas McIntyre

    | 9:40AM 10/29/2009
    Call it a sign of the times -- or at least a sign of the lingering effects of the recession and ongoing unemployment. According to several media sources, Costco (COST), the big box discount retailer, will begin taking food stamps at some locations. Nearly 36 million Americans use food stamps, but...