May 2, 2013 We've always heard money doesn't buy happiness. Well being poor doesn't buy happiness either. A new study shows that wealthier countries (like the U.S.) have more satisfied people than poorer countries.
Get ready to throw away all those ratty old Benjamins that are just laying around your house—the newly designed $100 bill will be going into circulation in October.
March 26, 2013 A new cost could be added to your plane travels. Airlines are noticing that more people are overweight, larger people make the airlines have to use more fuel to run their planes. More fuel costs money, so in order to pay for the extra fuel, airlines want the people who are obese to pay their fair share.
December 18, 2012 It seems to happen at the busiest times of the year. With the holidays upon us and money being exchanged for gifts, food and travel, those that are looking to pass fake bills are finding it easy. The best way to avoid an unfortunate situation is to be aware, here's what the details and what you're looking for:
November 26, 2012 Nobody won the Powerball drawing from last Saturday, so now the prize grows to $425 million, the largest jackpot ever for the game. What is the first thing you would do or buy if you had the Jackpot?
Some of us can remember a time when losing a tooth meant that we might find some spare change underneath our pillows the following morning.
However, according to a recent survey by credit card company Visa, the days of a fallen chomper being worth chump change are long gone.
May 2, 2012 This is my actual wallet. It has $1 dollar in it, and a bunch of receipts. That's why today my wife and I took a big step into adulthood: we met with a financial adviser. Some day we would like to retire, and that's kind of what I thought this would all be about. I was surprised to learn that it's more than saving money for retirement. It's also about having more money today. What? Is this freaking magic or something?
April 23, 2012
I know everyone has a scheme to make money, and Facebook is no different. Instead of clogging up my space with ads, why not charge other businesses that are posting for free. Ok, just an idea. Now when choose that you like something, you may be influencing your friends and your friends may be influencing you. Either way, it's costing you money in the long run. I wonder if we could click that we didn't want ads on our facebook page, how many of us would do it?
March 27, 2012
When Baltimore mom Lynsai Green found out her second-grader had a negative balance with the school cafeteria, she was confused — until her son told her one of his teachers was routinely stealing his lunch money.
The United States is often touted as being one of the richest countries in the world, but compared to many other nations, it seems we have some serious catching up to do. In fact, in a new Forbes list of the wealthiest lands on the globe, the US didn’t even place in the top five.
