Oct 16 - By John Schoen
With annual “open enrollment” season approaching for choosing health care options, get ready to pay more. No matter what happens with national health care reform, employers already are shifting part of the rising cost of care to employees.
Sep 22 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
College students won't be tempted with free goodies to sign up for credit cards come February when new marketing restrictions and other rules will take effect.

Sep 20 - By Dave Carpenter, AP Personal Finance Writer
The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way.

Jul 19 - By AllisonLinn
The nation’s lowest-paid workers are getting a raise.

May 5 - By Katrina Brown Hunt, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
No good deed goes unpunished.
Apr 22 - By Herb Weisbaum, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
It’s the three-digit number that can have a huge impact on your life — now and in the future. I hear from a lot of people about their credit scores. In most cases, they want to know why their score dropped and what they can do to bring it back up.

Apr 16 - By Jane Hodges, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Teresa Bondora and her family abandoned their two-story brick home in Atlanta rather than fall behind on their mortgage and $30,000 worth of home renovation debt.
Mar 2 - By Katrina Brown Hunt, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
What to do now?

Feb 19 - By John Schoen
The Obama administration's sweeping plan to stop foreclosures is expected to help millions of Americans save their homes from the sheriff’s auction. But as the broad outlines of the plan sift through the lending system, it’s already clear that millions more won’t be helped.

Feb 18 - By John Schoen
President Obama’s plan to trim the rising pile of home foreclosures contains a comprehensive list of new ideas and old ones — an acknowledgment that there is no single solution to the housing crisis at the heart of the recession.
Feb 13 - By John Schoen
The White House said Friday a much-anticipated plan to help struggling homeowners will be announced by President Obama in a speech Wednesday in Arizona. In the interim, banking giants Citibank and J.P Morgan said they would halt new foreclosures on owner-occupied home loans through March 6.

Feb 13 - By AllisonLinn
The morning after she lost her job, Patty Powers expected to wake up with that feeling of dread you get when you realize that something bad has happened, like a death in the family.
Feb 12 - By John Schoen
The White House is considering a proposal to head off potentially millions more home foreclosures by using federal funds to buy up at-risk loans and then refinance them with more affordable terms.

Dec 31 - By Eileen Aj Connelly, AP Personal Finance Writer
There are countless personal finance books that advise readers on budgeting, investing and paying down debt. Few leave the tips aside and ask you to question your relationship with money and the reasons you spend what you do.
Dec 16 - By Sevil Omer, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Brett Fowkes invested in the American dream.

Dec 8 - By AllisonLinn
Cristi Harris and her husband are both relatively secure in their jobs, and they’re far enough away from retirement that the recent stock market drop isn’t weighing heavily on them.

Oct 24 - By jasmin-aline-persch
Earlier this year, Elvert Howard wined and dined women at fine restaurants in Chicago. Now, he's treating gals to happy hour appetizers and drinks at T.G.I. Friday's.
Sep 28 - By AllisonLinn
The financial crisis gripping the country had already created widespread confusion about what these problems might mean for ordinary Americans, and that was before a week of political bickering over a massive financial rescue package for Wall Street.
Sep 24 - By Helen Kaiao Chang, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
After the Federal Treasury announced its $85 billion bail-out of American International Group last week, many consumers wondered if their insurance policies were safe.

Sep 18 - By Alex Johnson, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Despite the stomach-churning drops on Wall Street and the bad news about failing financial institutions, ordinary investors do not appear to be streaming to banks and brokers in large numbers to pull their money.
Aug 19 - By John Schoen
Paying for a college education — with a price tag now north of $50,000 a year at some top-priced private schools — has never been easy.

Jan 26 - By Travis Loller, Associated Press Writer
Light-skinned immigrants in the United States make more money on average than those with darker complexions, and the chief reason appears to be discrimination, a researcher says.