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Ten great apps for buying a carThere鈥檚 an app for everything these days, so why not use one聽for car shopping?
2017 Chevrolet Volt rated 'Top Safety Pick+' by IIHSThe 2017 Chevrolet Volt has passed the now-stricter IIHS tests with flying colors.
You know cars, trucks, and motorcycles, but what's an autocycle?Motorcycles have two wheels, while passenger cars and light trucks have four. Elio Motors wants to add another category with its three-wheeled car.
Politics is crippling the US economy, Harvard study saysAccording to an annual competitiveness survey, dysfunction within federal government is the single biggest barrier to economic progress in the United States.聽
Freshman banking 101: Checking accountsThe road to a college degree isn鈥檛 just about learning in the classroom. It鈥檚 about learning life skills, too, like managing your money.
Global organizations working with children to instill healthy eating habitsWith one-third of children and adolescents in the US considered overweight or obese, food education cannot be left to food industry marketing.
Can banking be Uber-ed?A new crop of startups want to聽revolutionize the way people bank, save for retirement, and borrow money. But overcoming a strict regulatory environment and cautious customers to upend the traditional financial industry will be a challenge.聽
Obamacare penalty: Here's what you'll pay for not having health insuranceThe ACA requires聽everyone in the U.S. to聽have health insurance, unless you聽qualify for an exemption. If you didn鈥檛 qualify, and went without benefits for more than three months in 2016, you鈥檒l have to pay聽a penalty on your coming tax return.
Bayer-Monsanto merger: Concerns about a seed-and-pesticide food monopolyThe drug and crop company has made a $66 billion deal to take over Monsanto. The resulting company would control a quarter of the combined global market for seeds and pesticides.
Child internet probe: Why is tracking adults considered more acceptable?On Tuesday, four large firms were fined a combined $875,000 for tracking children's activity on their websites. Meanwhile, adults are increasingly casual about being tracked by advertisers themselves.
Four reasons to bank onlineOnline banks are a relatively new player in the arena of retail banking, but they have been growing faster than their traditional counterparts, tripling their share of new primary banking relationships over the past decade.
Enduring mystery of US recovery: men without workAn estimated 7 million prime-age males have given up looking for work. No one knows how they get by 鈥� or how to draw them back into the workforce. But there are clues.
What is the statute of limitations on debt?All consumer debts, from credit card balances聽to medical bills, have limits on the number of years creditors have a legal right to sue you for payment.聽Statutes of limitations vary from state to state and by type of debt.聽
A radical idea for reducing student loan debtBy tying the cost of a degree to a student's earning potential after graduating, accounting professor Sajay Samuel argues we can put a big dent in the US's $1.3 trillion college debt load.
How dead citrus trees beat tax reform every timeGiven a choice between protecting real constituents and financial contributors or approving rate cuts that do no-one special favors, lawmakers choose Door Number One.- Opinion: Corporate tax deserters should stop getting benefits of being AmericanThe President should use his executive power to end the financial incentives that encourage this type of聽corporate聽desertion. President Obama has already begun, but there is much left that could be done.
Boomer? Millennial? Here's what to do for retirement right now.No matter how old you are, there are steps you can take now to prepare your finances for the kind of retirement you鈥檇 like to have.
At last, hope that US economy has turned a cornerNew Census data show that household incomes for middle- and low-wage Americans surged in 2015, along with a steep decline in the poverty rate. It raises the prospect that the economy is starting to work for everyone.聽
Uber to test semi-autonomous taxis in Pittsburgh. Too soon?While some automotive experts say that Uber's plans to test semi-autonomous vehicles in Pittsburgh, others say that the company is just following in the footsteps of innovators across time.聽
US households get a big raise, poverty drops sharplyThe median US household's聽income聽rose 5.2 percent in 2015 to an inflation-adjusted level of $56,516, the Census Bureau 鈥� the biggest one-year gain in 49 years.聽
