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.
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Google Wants to Let Us Say: 'The Check Is in the Email'
If you use Google Wallet, you'll soon be able to send people money using Gmail, attaching a dollar amount to a message just as you might a photo or a PDF.
5 Winners and Losers of the Week in Business
From a soda company's refashioned refrigerators to an apparel CEO's tactless comments, here's a rundown of this week's best moves and worst blunders in the business world.
How to Get Rich by Banking on the Echo Boomers
Although the economic potential of echo boomers may not be as promising as some are expecting, there are several ways investors can profit from their behavior.
5 Things You Must Know About Mortgages
Even after the housing crisis, many potential buyers still don't know even the most basic things about mortgages. Here are five essential facts about financing a home.
Groupon Co-CEO Ted Leonsis: We Can Be a $100 Billion Company
Groupon co-CEOs Eric Lefkofsky and Ted Leonsis have some interesting visions for the future of their daily deals company.
What Makes a Perfect Stock?
Yet while few stocks have everything one might want in an investment, knowing the most desirable traits of great stocks can guide you in making choices for your own portfolio.
Derailed! Why Your Finances Have Fallen and Can't Get Up
Even though the stock market has recovered from the 2008 crash, many Americans still report big losses in their retirement savings, and these 'derailers' are to blame.
To Co-Sign or Not to Co-Sign? That Is the Question
If you're in a shaky financial state, having someone willing to co-sign for a loan can be a lifesaver. But for the co-signer, it's not about altruism; it's a question of risk.
Extended Unemployment Benefits Don't Discourage Job Seeking: Fed
Despite arguments to the contrary, giving unemployed Americans extended jobless benefits of up to 99 weeks didn't prevent them from taking jobs, according a new report.
Today's Billion-Dollar Start-Ups Should Be Thanking the Fed
The list of start-ups valued at over $1 billion just keeps getting longer, and not just due to the potential of their cool tech. They're also getting a big boost from the Fed.
Seven Fortune 500 Companies That Secretly Run Your Life
These companies may not get a lot of attention, but they define the course of our lives in more ways than you might imagine.
Stock Markets Jump as Banks Lead Dow, S&P to New Highs
U.S. stocks rallied to fresh highs on Tuesday as investors picked up large-cap companies' shares on the expectation that central bank stimulus will propel the rally further.
America's 10 Most Popular Stores
Which retailers get our business month in and month out? As of March 2013, these are the 10 most-visited stores in America.
Sometimes, It's Better Not to Check Your Stock Portfolio
Technology has made it easier than ever to keep constant tabs on every detail of your investments. But do you really need to micromanage your portfolio all day, every day?