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Would you know the signs to look for if your spouse were cheating on you? WalletPop talks to infidelity expert Ruth Houston about some of the financial signs of a cheating spouse. Whether it's mysterious charges on a credit card statement or hidden assets, cheating spouses often leave a financial...

Did you know that women make up 70% of the world's population living in extreme poverty on less than $1 a day? Or that women produce 60% to 80% of the world's food, but hold down only 1% of the world's land and 10% of the world's wealth? Despite these statistics, women are the fastest growing group...

Half of U.S. workers are women and there are about 10.1 million businesses owned by females, according to the Shriver Report. Those companies employ about 23 million people and earn a combined revenue of $3 trillion. But only 3% of businesses owned by women in the U.S. actually have revenue of $1...

The recession has exposed America's dirty secret that many Americans are financially illiterate. And it would be difficult to find someone who doesn't agree that Americans could use more financial education at the student and adult levels. There are a variety of Web sites aimed at improving...

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...

Meghann Reed recently returned to the workforce as an event consultant after a stint as a stay-at-home mom. Although she'd planned to continue caring for her two daughters full-time, family finances pushed her back to work. Like many women, the Corning, N.Y., woman is conflicted about being a...

We all have probably done some dumb things with our money at some point. Men and women relate to money differently, so we don't always handle it in the same way. Women are more likely than men to let their emotions influence how they handle money. That emotional spending can even result in women...

The show "Househusbands of Hollywood" on the Fox Reality Channel features five men who stay at home while their mates bring home the bacon. Among the househusbands are a former Los Angeles Dodgers player raising two pre-teen girls, a former sitcom star who isn't actually married and has no...

Women with higher levels of testosterone are more likely to choose riskier careers in finance than those with lower levels of the male hormone, according to a recent study. Women tend to be more cautious than men when it comes to financial decisions, and the study confirms that biology plays a...

More low-income women are going for prenatal visits as part of a group, and as a result they tend to have fewer premature births than women who go for individual visits. Women who participate in group visits also tend to have a more positive pregnancy. Because of the positive results, the March of...