In the last 9 months have likely seen a massive upward shift in the distribution of America's wealth. We have surging stock and bond markets and struggling housing markets.
Mainstreet | MainStreet.Com Staff Writers | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business
The newest installment of the Happiness Index has arrived and residents of the midwest will be happy to learn that their strangle-hold on the top spot...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Flat incomes suggest more weakness ahead in consumer spending, reinforcing concerns about a ho-hum holiday shopping season and a sl...
AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business
CHICAGO — More than 80 percent of major companies reporting third-quarter results this month have beaten Wall Street expectations. So is busines...
Posted 10.12.2009 | Impact
The future doesn't look so shiny and bright, especially for young people, who are finding the job market tougher going than the older generation. The ...
James Altucher | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business
My friend had just earned a $1 million in the midst of the worst recession in 75 years. Was he excited? Hardly. He was too worried about being broke by this same time next year.
Madeline Janis | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics
More than 2.6 million people fell into poverty between 2007 and 2008 is only the "tip of the recession iceberg." In the city of L.A., more than a quarter of children live below the federal poverty line.
Denver Business Journal | Denver Business Journal | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home
Denver ranks 34th in a new bizjournals study of income growth among 100 large U.S. cities over the last quarter-century. ...
The New York Times | PETER S. GOODMAN | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home
Across the United States a sense has taken hold that the Great Recession and the financial crisis are predominantly a result of national profligacy, a...
Huffington Post | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business
The Huffington Post is examining the fallout from the housing bust, and we're looking for homeowners who have become landlords. Are you trying to su...
Grant Cardone | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business
Revenue creation is now the holy grail and things like organizing, planning and long management meetings must be put on the back burner
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business
The trend toward greater inequality has grown through the last 4 months of the downturn.
Charlie Farrell | Posted 08.31.2009 | Business
While there are a number of different strategies to creating retirement income, I prefer to use a simple method of creating cash flow to fund distributions.
Salon | David Sirota | Posted 08.25.2009 | Business
Here's a truism: The wealthiest 1 percent have never had it so good. According to government figures, 1-percenters' share of America's total incom...
John F. Wasik | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business
There is no safety net to stop this free fall in our aspirations and nest eggs. Can we still afford the American Dream in a market economy?
Lesley Stern | Posted 07.03.2009 | Comedy
You probably think you've already sold everything you own that had any financial value. But chances are, you've still got a few possessions that you can really cash in on if you auction them off on eBay.
Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.15.2009 | Style
When I stopped earning a respectable living I knew I had to cut back on expenses. But what I really cut back on was supporting many of the small business owners and individuals who live and work around my town.
Brent Kessel | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living
What? Yeah, that was my reaction too. And guess where I heard this? At a homeless shelter. Indeed. Recently, I gave a talk at a homeless shelter in ...
Bill Shireman | Posted 02.14.2009 | Business
Taxes aren't just too high, they're too dumb. Whenever we put a tax on something, we get less of it. Yet, incomprehensibly, we continue to tax the things we want more of.
Chris Weigant | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business
If we're going to minutely examine autoworkers' wages, and dictate the travel plans of one industry we are bailing out, then it seems eminently reasonable to do the same for the banking industry.
Ike Eze | Posted 11.29.2008 | Business
In times like these, we harbor this nagging fear of corporate layoffs, or worse -- the failure of the entire company. So how can we tackle this fear and come up with a solution?
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 09.29.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Consumer spending slowed to a crawl and personal incomes plunged in July, reflecting the waning impact of $93 billion in economic s...
Thomas Stern | Posted 09.16.2008 | Business
What's being ignored throughout the marketing assault on our electronic communications is the opportunity for a second career: a passive income stream
Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.15.2008 | Living
Even allowing for the approach that makes marriage look better than it really is, the differences in health between the currently-married and the always-single are tiny.
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The first round of economic stimulus checks gave a boost to personal incomes in April but a huge question remains: Will people spen...
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 12.09.2009 | Business