7 Reasons Why We Need to Start Budget Tracking Now

Sandy knows she is growing her savings by having a surplus each month and putting it in high yielding online banks. When she was puzzled about bud

How The Average U.S Consumer Spends Their Paycheck

Here’s an interesting graphic of the spending breakdown for the average U.S. consumer. It’s based a theoretical household “unit” consisting of

Cadillac cologne, for the scent of . . . bankruptcy?

Filed under: Company News The new GM is up and running with its re-branding campaign. Without much new iron to put on the showroom floor, it appare

California working on a budget to fix its $26 billion shortfall

Filed under: Economy California may soon have a budget and the ability to repay the IOUs it started issuing on July 1. The damage this budget stand

Four market rally explanations that make little sense, and one that might

Filed under: Economy, Investing I was just as happy as anyone who owns stocks to see the Dow close over 9,000 yesterday. But the question that rema

Twitter: We’ll teach you how to make money tweeting with Twitter 101

Filed under: Company News, Technology, People, Media Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said his company, oft-criticized for not generating much revenue,

Unemployment benefits delayed for millions

Filed under: Economy With 15 million Americans unemployed, state unemployment systems are overwhelmed and millions of people have had to wait weeks

Stocks in the news: Schlumberger, Microsoft, Black & Decker

Filed under: Company News, Investing, EarningsThe following post rounds up the companies making headlines today:Schlumberger (SLB) said Friday its sec

The new minimum wage: Will it just increase layoffs?

Filed under: EconomyBig financial events bring economists and analysts out of the wood work, anxious to give their opinions and get their names in the

IRS income and corporate earnings

Filed under: Economy, EarningsWhen the Treasury released an update for the budget in June one of the notable aspects arising from the figures was that