Every day, more of America's older women reach retirement age -- and then struggle to pay for the simplest things. Among all women in the United St...

Where is the best place to make a living? In today's tough economy, it's an especially relevant question. A recent CareerBuilder survey found that 44 percent of workers said they'd be willing to relocate for a job opportunity.

From 24/7 Wall St: A record 50 percent of Americans strongly disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy, a recent Washington Pos...

More than 9 million older Americans can't pay their bills. The costs of living -- basic expenses like food, housing, health care and transportation...

Here in the United States, growing numbers of people can't afford that most basic of necessities: food. More Americans said they struggled to buy f...

Rents fell across the United States last year, but landlords got choosier. Overall average rent in the U.S. dropped to $820 in the fourth quarter ...

An old adage seems to be proving true: if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. New York City is home to three of the top five are...

Corporate profits are up right now largely because pay is down and companies aren't hiring. This is a losing game even for corporations over the long term. Without enough American consumers, their profitable days are numbered.

Community living has serious advantages that are looking more and more appealing to the average American feeling the hard times of the recession.

There is a full-fledged drive to cut social security benefits by lowering the annual cost of living adjustment for people already receiving benefits.

Money doesn't stretch as far as it used to, but there's still a town in the U.S. where bread costs under a dollar and the monthly mortgage payment on ...

It cost $25,299 to raise a child from birth to age 18 in 1960. The amount rose to $226,920 last year. This may be one of the reasons many reasons Amer...

Reporting from New York -- It's just not the same on this island as anywhere else. In Manhattan, a monthly parking space goes for $550. A magician fo...

The value of coffee has increased fifteen times from its price 234 years ago. This is a similar increase to the value of the dollar, based on the purc...