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When Best Buy offered Mike Walker the chance to take home a television set and make no payments, interest or otherwise, for 12 months, it seemed like a great deal.
Are you a new graduate about to get your first job? Shanti Atkins would like a few words with you.
Every year, Karen Liebig attempts to steer thousands of seniors away from investment fraud. And, yet, every year the numbers get a bit more grim.
One of the many challenges of sending a child through school now sits in a pile on Joseph Han's desk.
David Lee, 18, figures he'll spend $400 to $450 to participate in an annual rite of spring -- the senior prom. And he's only half of the equation.
When Marlene Christine Hurd was young, education wasn't her top priority. She dropped out of college and went to work.
Six months of aggressive interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve may be good for the economy, but it's bad news for many seniors who rely on fixed-income investments.
With the housing downturn and credit crunch in full force, it might be time for home buyers and homeowners to learn more about a federal mortgage program launched during the Great Depression.
As you file your tax return, do you wonder whether you're likely to get audited?
Are you saving enough? There's about a 50% chance that the answer is no, according to a recent survey.