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In the wake of Eastman Kodak's bankruptcy filing, some speculators will be tempted in the coming days to nibble on the company's battered shares. But if you know what's good for your portfolio, you'll stay away.

Getting a call from a debt collector can be unsettling in any circumstance. But what if the collector is chasing one of your relatives or a friend? Or what if they are trying to collect the debt from you, or have mistaken you for the person who owes? Is the phone call legal? Yes, debt collectors...

Debt settlement companies can be very useful tools when it comes to reining in an out-of-control debt spiral. Unfortunately, a number of individuals, some criminal and unethical, others just inept and inefficient, have set up companies that end up making a consumer's debt problems worse rather than...

Many Americans are desperate to relieve their debt burdens. Here are some good options for whipping your debt into a manageable condition.

With $830 billion in student loans outstanding in America, mounting student loan debt is increasingly wreaking havoc on the lives of U.S. college graduates and dropouts alike. As unemployment remains stubbornly high, delinquencies and default rates are rising as indebted borrowers struggle to...

Death and debt: Both can be uncomfortable subjects to discuss, but what happens to your financial obligations after you pass away is one uncomfortable conversation worth having with your loved ones. Survivors of the deceased can often fall prey to some common traps when it comes to "inheriting"...

The long-struggling video-rental chain said Thursday that a delisting from the New York Stock Exchange is the likely result after it failed to receive enough shareholder votes to authorize a reverse stock split. Shares tumbled on Friday.

Lehman Brothers, whose 2008 death signaled the gravity of the financial crisis, remains very much alive to those of its creditors still awaiting payment. Now, it looks like some businesses in Europe could get speedier payments than they would have gotten otherwise.

A new Federal Trade Commission rule to curb identity theft will soon require businesses and organizations across various industries to develop anti-fraud defenses as strong as those of banks and financial institutions. The regulation, known as the Red Flags Rule, will require mortgage and auto...

We've warned you about this before: If you rack up big credit card debts, it's perfectly legal for those credit card companies -- or the debt collection firms they sell the debts to after they've been written off -- to sue you to try and reclaim what you owe them. What happens then is unsettling:...