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Tips for Talking Money With Your Spouse

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:55:05 CDT

A financial discussion with your spouse can feel like a minefield of emotional surprises. Financial planner Carl Richards advises you to first have "the conversation before the decision gets made," which "can make a huge difference" in your relationship, he writes in the New York Times Bucks blog . Also: Limit...

10% of Adults Get Allowances

Dustin Lushing — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:37:05 CDT

Around one in 10 American adults are on the dole—they regularly collect money or other financial assistance from their parents or relatives, reveals a poll from the Pew Research Center. The results showed no difference between gender or race, reports the New York Times , but the youngest adults were...

Mystery Donor Hiding Envelopes of Cash in Town

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:15:05 CST

One man in the small German town of Braunschweig was slipped an envelope filled with cash after he lost thousands of euros in a burglary. Another family, whose son was disabled in an accident, discovered a similar envelope. A hospice worker found yet another white envelope with $13,218 under...

10 Jobs That Pay Less Than You Think

Dustin Lushing — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:30:18 CST

Just because a job sounds interesting, complicated, or intriguing does not mean it pays a fortune. Forbes uses Bureau of Labor stats to round up what it views as the 10 "most surprisingly low-paying jobs," including:

Coming Soon: Drug to Treat Gambling Addicts?

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:05:44 CST

Why are some stock traders and gamblers so willing to take financial risks? A new study shares a possible answer: Scientists found that people with higher levels of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine in a critical part of the brain related to sensory and reward systems are less sensitive to the pain...

Members of Congress With Lowest Net Worth

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:39:45 CST

Apparently, not everyone in Congress is rich . The Washington Post compiled a list of the 25 lawmakers with the lowest net worth, based on 2010 disclosures analyzed by the Center for Responsive Politics. Here are the "top" 5, all of whom are in the red. (There's no explanation given for...

$200K Blows Out of Armored Car

John Johnson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:48:09 CST

Merry Christmas, travelers on Pennsylvania's Route 19. It seems an armored car ferrying bags of cash on Wednesday drove for some time with a back door wide open—and that allowed about $200,000 to fly out, reports WPXI . A passing motorist finally managed to alert the armored car's driver...

Grocery Store Wouldn't Let Me Pay in Quarters: Woman

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:38:48 CDT

It's not a good week to be a grocery store. First, a Safeway in Honolulu got raked over the coals for arresting a pregnant woman who ate a sandwich while shopping and forgot to pay for it. Now, a woman in Portland says a Save-a-Lot wouldn't let her buy groceries...

Gadhafi Hid a Ton of Money

Kate Schwartz — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:47:00 CDT

The Libyan people may have reason to despise Moammar Gadhafi a little bit more: The country's senior officials estimate that the fallen leader's squirreled-away wealth topped the $200 billion mark. As the Los Angeles Times points out, that breaks down to about $30,000 per Libyan, some 30% of whom...