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If law school tuition can cost more than $150,000 and the legal services profession lost 17,200 jobs between July 2009 and 2010, is investing in a law degree still worth the expense? Actually, yes, according to three legal education experts who spoke to Money College about law school financial aid....

British bank HSBC (HBC) is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Nedbank, South Africa's fourth-largest bank. HSBC is in talks with insurer Old Mutual, which currently owns the stake, BBC News reported. HSBC is aiming to acquire as much as 70% of Nedbank in a deal worth as much as 49.9 billion...

During a speech Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pledged a speedy implementation of the financial system overhaul. One of the first tasks on the list? Simplifying all the paperwork.

It's eight months before tax season, but our experts are already on hand to tackle your personal finance questions. Leave a comment down below and we'll get on it. Here, the experts help readers with questions about changing careers, taxes and health care. Question: I am weighing a career change...

The unemployment rate remains stubbornly above 9 percent, but certain sectors hit hard by the recession are making a surprise come back. Finance is one, according to Paul Webster, a director of the front office banking area for top recruiting firm Michael Page International. Wall Street, especially...

The smartphone revolution is about to upend another business: credit card processing. With Google's new Android pay-by-phone app and Square's new transaction hardware for iPhones, your plastic could become obsolete.

In laying out a new budget to tackle Britain's fiscal mess, newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has proposed a multibillion-pound bank levy, which will apply to the balance sheets of U.K. banks, as well as a hike in the value-added tax.

Enron, a musical hit about the Texas energy company's dizzying rise and fall, is coming to Broadway. The story of high finance and fraud unfolded nine years ago, but in an economy still reeling from the Lehman Brothers collapse, it's lessons are more relevant -- and funnier -- than ever.

Stocks gained ground Monday as investors shrugged off concerns about a Fed meeting on interest rates and declining oil prices.

Last week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) led off the coming parade of earnings from the big banks when it reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year earnings, though its revenue fell short of estimates. Plenty more earnings from the financial sector are due out this week. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters anticipate fourth-quarter earnings growth from American Express Co. (AXP), Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BK), Hudson City Bancorp Inc. (HCBK), SLM Corp. (SLM) and US Bancorp (USB).