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U.S. consumers already have been hit with higher prices for food and fuel. But the rising prices won't stop there. The weak dollar means that prices for imported goods -- and components -- are headed up, further boosting inflation.

With more and more financial transactions being conducted electronically, it's easy to forget the physicality of money. What a dollar weighs, or a pile of them. So just for fun, let's start piling up the Benjamins and see what a pound -- or 10, or 100, or a ton -- of C-notes will buy.

Looking to hang onto your hard-earned cash a little longer? Instead of pinching pennies, research suggests converting them into big bills. Researchers from New York University found we tend to hang onto $50s, $20s and even $10s longer than we do $1s and $5s. The theory: It's more painful to...

Both the dollar and the pound advanced against the euro today as a story in Britain's Daily Telegraph questioned the health of the German banking system. The euro fell from its five month high against the dollar to below $1.39. In addition to bad news about German banks, euro zone economic data...

I'm about to take a little hiatus from here to go get married and then for a quick honeymoon. It's been a hectic time, planning for the wedding (my fiancée, thankfully, has handled the lion's share of it, but there's always consulting to be done), so I've kept my sanity by focusing on our...

I've been looking at all the stuff you can buy so you can lounge by the pool or on the beach in style. On the high end, you could pay as much as $145.00 for a straw hat, $280.00 for a pair of leather sandals and $395.00 for sunglasses that carry a designer name. This canvas tote is big enough to...