Universities and colleges are still waiting for tuition payments for thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who attended school last fall under the new GI Bill, leaving the veterans panicked that they'll be unable to return to class in January. ...more

December 23, 2009

Though the timing on "Confessions of a Shopaholic" couldn't have been worse - the idea of reveling in wretched excess when untold thousands are losing their homes, their jobs, their minds - there really is no appropriate moment for a shrill onslaught that perpetuates the worst stereotypes about female materialism. ...more

February 12, 2009

Consumer spending fell for a record sixth straight month in December as recession-battered households, worried about surging layoffs, boosted savings rates to the highest level since May. ...more

February 3, 2009

'Tis the season for credit card debt, bad presents from your Secret Santa at work and avoiding all three "The Santa Clause" movies. ...more

December 21, 2008

The checking account balance is down. Savings are way down. Credit card debt seems insurmountable. And yet, I'm not complaining. ...more

November 13, 2008

A month ago, Marti Ann Mammarelli looked at the interest rate on her credit card from Wachovia. It was 9.9 percent. ...more

November 10, 2008

Money used to be like religion or sex: It wasn't talked about in polite company. ...more

November 9, 2008

Consumers' appetites for home furnishings dropped again in August, with orders tumbling 16 percent to $1.68 billion - the fourth double-digit decline in six months. ...more

November 7, 2008

The economic situation that we're experiencing in the United States won't get much better any time soon. Just when Wall Street suggests we might soon hit bottom to the tumult, my notions put the economy high on the Richter scale of continued shaky financial ground. ...more

November 6, 2008

I looked it up, and our household income has doubled since George Bush took office in 2000. We have a mortgage, some credit card debt and a student loan to pay back, but we do a budget each month and try very hard to stick to it. My wife went back to school, with a student loan, to become a teacher, a profession that requires her to give much more than she receives (in money). ...more

October 26, 2008