Amid the hits to families' budgets lately, many people are taking an added blow to something they value almost as much: Control over their time. ...more

October 19, 2008

Gut-wrenching declines in the stock market, a financial panic that some have compared to the Great Depression and the realization that the U.S. may be headed to its worst recession in over a generation have trumped what should otherwise be good news: The return of $3-a-gallon gas. ...more

October 18, 2008

Social Security checks are going up $63 a month for the typical retiree, the largest increase in more than a quarter century but likely to seem puny to the millions who have been watching in horror as Wall Street lays waste to their retirement nest eggs. ...more

October 17, 2008

As I have been following the stock market, I have been shaking my head at the reasons the market has been fluctuating. Lately, the fluctuations have been centered around the various bailout plans here and around the world. Despite having the best day in 75 years, the very next day, the market is down yet again on what I have read as "a lack of enthusiasm for the bailout plan." Where did the enthusiasm go? Nothing changed! It wasn't taken off the table. No changes were made. What happened? ...more

October 16, 2008

Investors agonizing over a faltering economy sent the stock market plunging all over again Wednesday after two disheartening reports convinced Wall Street that a recession, if not already here, is inevitable. The market's despair - fed by a stream of disheartening economic data - propelled the Dow Jones industrials down 733.08 points to 8,577.91 in its second-largest point loss ever. The major indexes all lost at least 7 percent. ...more

October 16, 2008

Election No-Brainer There are two questions that I wish to elaborate on about this upcoming presidential election. ...more

October 11, 2008

Will stocks benefit now that the government is letting investors bet on financial stocks going down? ...more

October 10, 2008

Are you within a few months of retiring? Has the 5,000 point collapse of the stock market put off your plans? ...more

October 10, 2008

The misery worsened on Wall Street on Tuesday, with stocks piling on losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more than 875 points. ...more

October 8, 2008

UserNameCheck.com When you think up that perfect new handle for storming social networks and other registration-only sites across the Web, run it through UserNameCheck.com first. The application's purpose is simple: to tell you whether that name is already in use at a pretty impressive list of sites, from Delicious and Digg to eBay and Xbox Live. The list of checks can take some time, so grab a cup of coffee. ...more

October 6, 2008