finance__economy

The economic state of Americans aged 50 years and older generally improved from a decade ago, but the picture is...

Your credit score, a rating of your creditworthiness, affects whether your application for a mortgage or other loan will be...

You need no reminder to hold on to your tax records in case the Internal Revenue Service questions your returns....

Political events, social changes and natural disasters can affect certain financial markets for better or for worse. And since these...

Inheritance has become a hotly debated issue as baby boomers prepare for retirement and their parents face their twilight years....

Revenues generated by the nation?s 1.2 million Black-owned businesses rose 25 percent between 1997 and 2002 to $88.8 billion in...

Sixty-six percent of Americans own cell phones and, by the end of the year, nearly 25 percent of families will...

In 1701, Benjamin Franklin said, ?If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.? His emphasis on...

Recent changes to the law include valuable breaks for a wide range of small businesses. What follows are the highlights...