I'm considering studying Gaelic, Sanskrit, Korean and Mandarin. Enough to be conversational. Otherwise, how will I be able to get around New York?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
National Review blogger Mark Krikorian is all upset at the changes that have been made to U.S. currency, fingering the redesign of the five-dollar bil...
Michael Pento | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business
Because the dollar has fallen 40% in the last six years, McDonalds may have to reduce quality, raise prices or both in their famed Dollar Menu.
MSNBC | Posted 05.28.2008 | Business
No, that's not a mirage. The economy is faltering, the dollar is getting clobbered by the euro, and traveling to the far reaches of luxury is costlier...
AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — The euro roared to another record high Tuesday, crossing $1.60 for the first time ever after a pair of European Central Bank governor...
AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 04.28.2008 | Business
The dollar's plunge might be preventing Americans from taking that European vacation this summer, but it could be the very thing saving their 401(k)s ...
AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Retail gas prices pushed past a record high $3.40 a gallon Thursday, fulfilling expectations that they'll keep climbing toward $4 as ...
AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business
SAN FRANCISCO — Benefiting from a weak dollar, online auction company eBay Inc. beat Wall Street's expectations on Wednesday, reporting a 22 per...
AP | ELLEN SIMON | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Steve Tarpin can bake a graham cracker crust in his sleep, but explaining why the price for his Key lime pies went from $20 to $25 re...
New York Times | Vikas Bajaj | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Almost everything seems to be going wrong for the American economy at once. People are buying less, but most things are costing more. Mortgage rates a...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Oil hit a record high, the dollar sank again, and consumers stopped buying pretty much everything. Stocks kept gyrating, too, on T...
CNN/Money | David Ellis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Concerns about the weak dollar are mounting. But even as the greenback sinks to new lows against the euro and other global currencies, some experts sa...
AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
BERLIN — The euro climbed to a record high of $1.5057 in early European trading on Wednesday as sentiment increased that the U.S. Federal Reserv...
Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
China has been a convenient scapegoat for politicians lately, and now China, with its crawling peg to the weak dollar, is being blamed for exporting inflation. Is this political spin, or is there a real danger of importing higher inflation from China?
AP | JOHN WILEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Oil futures rallied again Wednesday, pushing briefly past $101 a barrel after the Federal Reserve lowered its forecast for economic g...
Reuters Via USA Today | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
In the latest example that the U.S. dollar ain't what it used to be, some shops in New York City have begun accepting euros and other foreign currency...
Financial Times | George Soros | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The current financial crisis was precipitated by a bubble in the US housing market. In some ways it resembles other crises that have occurred since th...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Computer server and software maker IBM said Monday its fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations rose 24 percent from a year ago, beating Wal...
AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Gold futures rose above $900 an ounce for the first time Friday, as high oil prices, a weak dollar and fears of a U.S. recession led uneasy investors ...
AP | Martin Crutsinger | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
The U.S. trade deficit in November surged to the highest level in 14 months, reflecting record imports of foreign oil. The deficit with China declined...
Forbes Via ABC News | Rebecca Ruiz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Nashville, Tenn.-based Tim Leiffert, author of Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune, skipped London and Lisbon this summer, and instead, took his...
Forbes Via ABC News | Matt Woolsey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Home prices in many parts of the world swelled last year, with Eastern European and Scandinavian markets leading the way with double-digit growth. Th...
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
In yet another troubling sign for the greenback, at least one of the seven wonders of the world is now off limits if you have only U.S. currency in yo...
AP | George Jahn | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Oil prices edged up Thursday, moving closer to the record $100 a barrel reached briefly a day earlier on escalating violence in Nigeria, a weaker U.S....
New York Times | CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
The sidewalks of Manhattan are crammed this month with European tourists on shopping sprees, picking up gifts that cost far less in the United States ...
Cheryl Pearl Sucher | Posted 06.12.2008 | Living