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While others are blowing their holiday budgets, you can set an example and send a message by giving a gift with a focus on personal finance.
Consumer spending likely fell in September, as auto sales took a nosedive with the end of the popular Cash for Clunkers program.
Consumer spending, propelled by the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers auto sales program, shot up in August by the largest amount in nearly eight years even though personal incomes continued to lag.
Madonna's love letters and erotic answering machine messages to an ex-boyfriend are up for sale in New York City.
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has vowed to not let her personal views affect how she would rule on cases from the nation's highest court.
I don’t want to sound paranoid or anything, but I'm starting to suspect that Nintendo has secretly hidden some sort of spy camera in my home.
The first family settled into their new lives in the White House on Thursday as President Barack Obama won an important personal victory: He gets to keep his BlackBerry.
The walls in the West Wing are oddly bare, the Oval Office still looks like it did during the Bush years, and advisers to the president are just trying to get their e-mail working. But let there be no doubt: This is now Barack Obama's White House.
Well, for one thing, I was interested in the personal side of money, which was not covered very often by the mainstream press. But my “aha” moment came after a breakup with a wealthy boyfriend who, in the end, I didn’t particularly connect with. A few of my educated, otherwise liberal friends questioned my decision to end the relationship because, as one put it, “this guy could take care of you for life.” I was surprised by that reaction; it made me want to explore the subtle, often thorny ways that money affects personal relationships.
Consumer spending fell for a fifth straight month in November, the longest weak stretch in a half-century, while incomes declined under the weight of massive layoffs. Economists don't think the hard times will end anytime soon.
As the financial crisis was gaining force, Americans cut back on their spending in October by the largest amount since the 2001 terrorist attacks.
A community college in Ohio says the names and Social Security numbers of almost 1,000 employees were inadvertently left open to public view on the Internet for about a year.
Back in the '70s, when singer Alicia Bridges was belting out her hit "I Love the Nightlife" and nightclub owner Steve Rubell had New York City trendoids on the velvet ropes outside his famous Studio 54 — a scene that forever encapsulated the night fever frenzy of the disco era — no-one could have possibly forecast that today's party animals would, in fact, be animals. Dogs to be exact.
The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates to identify misconceptions about them.
The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates to name their favorite electronic gadgets.
More Americans are Googling themselves — and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too.
In the midst of furious campaigning, The Associated Press asked presidential candidates to reflect on what they like to do on a lazy day.
John McCain and Bill Richardson got their most prized keepsakes 40 years apart, from the same hand.
These days, luxury cars and SUVs carry presidential candidates in their nearly ceaseless travels. Not like the old days.
John Edwards has to be a mighty hungry man before he'll touch that mushroom on his plate. Mitt Romney says he's never met an eggplant he'd eat.
The Associated Press asked major presidential candidates a series of questions about their personal tastes, traits and backgrounds. Today's question — first in a series — and their answers:
When The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates about their bad habits, they did not fess up to anything that would sink the republic.
John McCain's answer was both practical and deeply personal when he was asked in the 2000 presidential campaign what item he'd most like to have if he were stranded on a desert island: "SPF 45 sunblock."
Five of the nation's largest employers plan to soon give their workers a unique health care benefit — their very own electronic medical record that they can take when they travel, change jobs or see a new doctor.
New Year's Day: Real Life at Eighty-TwoMy daughter saw the fire truck lights flashing and told my wife. My wife looked and then told me: "Something's wrong at Bobby's." I grabbed by light jacket and rushed out into the thirty degree weather, across the street toward our neighbor's house.
10 Years Gone; Reflecting on my mother's deathI come from a very small family and my father died when I was five. Both my parents were only children and I am an only child as well. My mother and I were more like sisters/close companions in many ways and she raised me in a very liberal fashion.
New Year's Eve Light ShowAnother year comes to an end. To tell the truth, I have trouble discerning what makes this New Year's Eve any better than the last one.
Yosemite: A Photo DiaryMy Family and I spent a couple of days in Yosemite the Week of Christmas and it was the best time of the year for me.
In a previous post ("That was close optimism-1 pessimism-0") I wrote on the state of my life. I recall closing the article with uncertainty as to what the end result would be but I was confident that I could survive anything thrown at me.
Suddenly last summer, love and renewalI am a new man, during my 51st summer I learned to love myself. I really started to understood about not feeling the guilt of a good healthy self love. Call it having good self esteem. And it all started July 27th, I had a dream ......
Time is passing"So what are you going to do today," asked my brother in Florida, this morning, "once the kids are off with their dad for the weekend?"
I spent Xmas morning in the Walmart parking lot again!Last night, xmas eve, the weather came through Alabama hard and swift. If Santa was up there in his sleigh, well I wished him the best, because the wind roared and the rains came HARD.
The half moon in the westLong about midnight tonight, Christmas eve to Christmas Day, I let my remaining dogs (I have five now, down from twelve in August) outside for their last late night romp in the darkened yard.
Takes MSN's Financial Savvy Quiz to See If You Can Manage Your FinancesWhat a JOKE !!!! Who comes up with this stuff? I scored 64%, which surely isn't anything to brag on, but I rather obviously don't see eye-to-eye with the yahoo "expert" who wrote the quiz. They surely weren't thinking about average folks when they hatched this test.
Memories and Recipes - The Great StormFrom the safety and relative mild climate of my home in the middle south, I've been watching the stories of the snow which has swept across much of the country and buried whole cities, including Washington, D.C.
We've all had them; large and small. That seemingly insignificant event that reached out and grabbed us -- hopefully for the better. It may have been a chance meeting with someone who left an indelible mark on your perception of yourself and conduct.
Personal car plate leads to jail A bank robber has been jailed for 10 years after being caught when a witness remembered the personalised number plate on his car. James Snell, 27, of Cardiff, used his BMW with the number J4 MES to plan a raid on the Halifax, where he and accomplices stole £100,000.
Library ban for 'pungent body odour' man Library officials in Leicestershire have banned a regular reader from their building following complaints about his "pungent" body odour. The council said they were forced to act as visitors left Wigston Library when 27-year-old Stuart Penman arrived.
Worlds smallest personal helicopterWorlds smallest personal helicopter (See video)
Years ago I tended to look at everything in a negative manner. It was no surprise after what I had been through but it sure was exhausting. I worked hard to turn things around and now I try to see the positive side of things.
NowPublic No Longer a Citizen Journalism Friendly SiteIn the beginning, Now Public used to be an exciting place to visit. You would be greeted by a welcome, given some guidance, have communication with each other. I don't see it anymore. Not since the takeover by Examiner. All I hear is a strange ticking sound in a sound proof room.
Google's Guinea PigsTo realize the dream of personalized medicine, pharmaceutical and biotech companies will need reliable clinical data on hundreds of thousands of people. Most diseases, after all, depend on the complex interplay of many genes and environmental factors.
Five days ago, I began a new diet - my weight-gain diet. My goal weight is 125 lbs by mid-December. Currently, I weigh in at 100 lbs. This is a challenging goal because I need to figure out what my calories need to be at on a daily basis.
First off I won't tolerate any bashing from either side. If you came to bash on someone...split. If on the other hand you would like to talk about why this is a political issue I'd love to hear your point of view.
What's in Health Insurance Reform for you?United States Vice President Joseph Biden announces today the Barack Obama White House has released a new HEALTH REFORM CALCULATOR so that Americans with current employment related insurance coverage, can SEE HOW THEY MIGHT PERSONALLY BENEFIT from Health Coverage Reform, as propo …
I was in pain. I was morning the loss of an organ. I was tired. I was emotionally drained. I was at my wits end. It was two months after my surgery, and I finally had a meltdown. I sobbed like a baby.
Cambridge Cop's Unfortunate Vanity Plate: WHY-TEEAt around noon today, the same time Sgt.
My 24 year old son, Andrew is getting married this Saturday, July 18.
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