For Citibank credit card holders, there is one way to escape the bank's rate hikes currently under way: Meet a monthly spending requirement. Those who meet the spending minimum -- in some c

Low fat. No money down. Mission accomplished. Occasionally, the folks behind a product feel the need to paint a picture that isn't necessarily true to lure in the unsuspecting masses. Be it a purport

Yesterday, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher threw a little cold water on the V-shaped recovery madness everyone seems to be buying into these days.Please consider Fed's Fisher: GDP Gro

Many people are finding the holiday tradition of making charitable donations difficult again this year, particularly if they're unemployed or worried about the economy. Charities, many of which norma

Earnings season has now came to a close and for the most part, reports were better than expected. Thanks to cost cutting methods the majority of the companies were able to post bottom line beats. Ear

Don’t sit around in shock, take action.The shock of being laid off barely had time to set in before Jim Wessel began looking for another job.Released as purchasing director for a resort one Fri

Inquiring minds are interested in figuring out how long it might take to get back to "full employment" defined as 5%.John Mauldin touched upon this theme in Unemployment: Welcome to the New

The Federal Reserve warns that unemployment will remain high for the next few years because the economic recovery won’t be strong enough to support significant hiring of full-time workers.The n

Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts. Even so, with the guaranteed income of traditional pensions disappearin

Christian Andreach isn’t betting on a strong rebound here in the US. But the 36-year-old professional stock picker is wagering on faster growth overseas, a view confirmed by the many C-suite ex