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Retailers should be swooning this year: Spending for the lover's holiday is forecast to top $18.6 billion, a 5.8% jump in spending over 2010. That amounts to about $125 per person who buys a gift for that special someone.

Young married women are more likely to manage their household finances by themselves with little input from their spouses than men are, according to a survey by FindLaw.com. The poll found that 37% of married women between the ages of 18 to 34 go solo on managing money, compared with 30% of...

The economic crisis is leaving the wives and girlfriends of investment bankers struggling with their partners. Enter the latest version of a 12 Step Program, "Dating a Banker Anonymous." The support group was founded in November to help women cope with the inevitable relationship fallout from, say,...