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| 12:12 PM 12/31/2010
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(Nov. 3) - The Obama administration recently tweaked one of its housing rescue plans -- Making Homes Affordable -- to try to extend the plan's lower payments to a larger pool of underwater homeowners -- that is, owners who owe...
| 6:15 PM 5/25/2010
Now that 24 has aired its finale, Jack Bauer can finally take a breather. But industry watchers speculate that the two fateful hours that closed Day 8 were the beginning, not the end of the 24 franchise -- and its steady stream of revenue.
| 1:00 PM 4/5/2010
The Peeps are here! The Peeps are here! Love 'em or hate 'em, those neon, sugar-coated marshmallow candy chicks that are synonymous with springtime landed in Easter baskets and showed up at holiday celebrations this weekend. And many peep-lovers blew both their financial and caloric budgets all in...
| 5:30 PM 3/31/2010
Marketing to teen girls has crossed the line; several, in fact. Sandwiched in between ads for acne drugs and Gossip Girl are ads filled with sex, tobacco, and other issues related to young girls' health.
Case in point: During this year's Academy Awards, TV viewers saw the newest ad from drug maker...
| 2:30 PM 3/31/2010
Katy Perry just might be onto something. Not only does the pop starlet have a string of hits, but it seems she's figured out one of the keys to financial success: putting your money where your mouth is.
And Perry's not the only singer to croon about financial faux pas people make, money matters we...
| 5:00 PM 3/30/2010
Kids of the 1970s and '80s might recall "bookmobiles," the mobile libraries that stopped in neighborhoods throughout the country. Now, parents of kids with asthma have new reason to celebrate seeing an RV roll into their neighborhoods: It may offer life-saving help.
Breathmobiles are showing up on...
| 12:00 PM 3/29/2010
America's kids are fat. And they're getting fatter ... earlier. According to a recent study published by the American Journal of Public Health, one in three low-income kids is obese -- a number that's obviously troubling pediatricians and nutrition experts. "Obesity is often seen as an adult's...
| 10:42 AM 3/17/2010
As someone who goes through nine gallons of milk in an average week, buying two at a time to cut down on trips to the store, getting the best deal in high on my weekly shopping list. That's why we scoured dairy departments to find the best price for a gallon of milk. Here's what you need to keep in mind the next time you're shopping.
| 10:00 AM 3/16/2010
Are you constantly running out of milk, like the rest of us? Before you get to the desperation point of running out to your closest milk-seller in your PJs for that early-morning cereal and end up paying a bundle for your fix, watch our latest Savings Experiment video and find out where...
| 4:00 PM 3/1/2010
Remember a few months ago when a government panel angered the American Cancer Society -- and a lot of women -- by announcing its new recommendations for breast cancer screenings? Many said "It'll never happen," and thought..."no one will listen..." But a survey by the Avon Foundation for Women...