generation y

With more than 30% of 18- to 45-year-olds sporting tattoos, they're becoming more acceptable to employers overall. But they could still land you in the "No way!" pile for some jobs. Read about when to display and when to hide your body art, and other tips for job-hunting Millennials.

A new wave of young college-educated Americans are buying organic foods on the taxpayer dime. Dubbed "hipsters on food stamps," these able-bodied members of Generation Y are redefining what it means to be on government assistance.

In a move to combat declining voter turnout, U.K. election officials are teaming up with Facebook: On Saturday, visitors to the social networking site in the U.K. will be asked if they're registered voters; those who say no will soon find themselves at the Electoral Commission's Web site being encouraged to register.

In the not-too-distant future, your bank may look quite a bit more futuristic than it does now. And if it does, it'll be because banks are listening to the wants and needs of Generation Y. Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) recently conducted a study of 1,055 American consumers to...

The recession may claim another victim: The Philadelphia Orchestra. The 110-year old cultural mainstay may declare bankruptcy after ticket sales dwindled this season and its endowment failed to meet its goal.

If you think the Great Recession has been tough on middle-aged workers, just try being in your 20s. According to the latest data, adults 25-34 have an unemployment rate of 10.8%, nearly a full point higher than the all-age average. For 20- to 24-year-olds, the figure spikes to a staggering 15.6%....

Just like the Great Depression shaped the financial mindset of our grandparents and great grand-parents, so the Great Recession right now is doing a similar thing to teens and twentysomethings. They don't trust banks, don't plan to invest in the stock market, they don't even want to get...

If you're over 40, you're going to be feeling out of place in most stores soon -- and not just in the clothing stores. There's a generational shift going on in retail, and many merchants will stop focusing on Baby Boomers as we emerge from the recession. After analyzing recent shopper data, the...

It's a tough time to be young. For workers under 29, the unemployment rate jumped over 11% in December compared with less than 9% a year earlier. Overall unemployment is at 7.2% percent compared with 4.9% a year ago. The increase among young people is actually smaller as a percent -- a jump of 22%...

A few years back, my buddy Chris taught me about bluegrass music. Because we lived in southwest Virginia, it was easy to go to bluegrass concerts and festivals, and it seemed like half the bars in my area hosted a bluegrass night with live music. In 2000 and 2001, one of the themes of my education...