Archive for July 30th, 2008

A pension and social security might seem like enough to carry you through your retirement, but you never know what changes life may bring. Better to be safe than sorry.

Due to the soaring price of fuel many fliers will find that reward tickets are not really free.

Small businesses drove much of the employment growth in July, according to a report released Wednesday by payroll manager Automatic Data Processing. Firms with fewer than 50 workers added 50,000 new non-farm jobs to the private sector this month, which offset the 41,000 jobs dropped at medium and large companies.

Oil prices rallied as much as $5 a barrel Wednesday after a surprise decline in the nation's gasoline stockpile, and a forecast from Goldman Sachs that said crude could hit $149 a barrel by year's end.

A record number of American homeowners are seeking - and getting - help to solve their mortgage woes.

Gasoline prices may have fallen over the last 13 days, but the decline has offered little relief to long-distance commuters who still blanch at the pump every time they fill up.

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The Chicago Cubs may not make it to the World Series this season, yet still end up as players in a classic event: the World Series of tax dodging. That's because I think the team owner, Sam Zell's Tribune Co., is trying to unload the Cubs in a way likely to draw heat from tax authorities.

With so many auto financing companies getting out of the leasing business, you might think they don't want you to lease anymore.