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Couples: Who worries more about finances? When it comes to couples handling their money, there are differences between the sexes, a new survey has found. Forty-nine percent of wealthy married women, versus 39% of married men, say “We’re planning our financial affairs more carefully than we used t...

How The Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act Protects You Many consumers have been leery of shopping online, and they may have had reason to worry. For years, hundreds of retailers had been passing on customers’ credit and debit card information to third-party marketers, which would charge tho...

Buying Activity is Picking Up - Why You Should Get in while the Getting’s Good The Case-Shiller Index is one of the country’s most popular ways of measuring the movement of home prices. And in its latest rating, which went out in late December, the verdict was: Prices are down. The Case-Shiller r...

11 Timely Tax Tips to Help You Save Late passage of tax legislation and delayed processing of some tax forms may make taxpayers wonder how this tax season will differ from last season. As the IRS has been prepared to accept e-filed returns since Jan. 14, H&R Block is taking the guesswork out of t...

Keep Busy While Waiting for Spring Winter brings a long layoff for gardeners—too long for some. There are only so many gardening catalogs to page through, only so many planting schemes to dream up. After a while, you just want to get your hands dirty. The following gardening activities can be pur...

Cold Weather Activities for Families to Enjoy If you and your family are looking for a new way to take advantage of the snow, skate skiing, a speedier form of cross-country skiing offers a more-vigorous cold weather activity for families to enjoy. Skate skiing, which uses diagonal strides to move...

@facebook.com addresses are here! Facebook fans hungry for an @facebook.com address, get ready. The much-ballyhooed Facebook Messages, where e-mail, text messages and instant messages are linked in a “social inbox,” will be offered to a majority of the more than 500 million Facebook users over th...

What employers are doing to have healthy employees Employers are trying a new tactic to prod their workers to live healthier lives and thus reduce medical costs: more creative and often lucrative incentives. Despite the effects of the recession, many employers are spending more money on wellness...

How to Have a Successful Open House In today's technology-centric world, the idea of hosting an open house to help find a buyer for your home may seem antiquated. As a Member of the Top 5 in Real Estate Network, however, I, along with my team, have learned from experience that an open house -- wh...