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As the summer winds to a close, families with college-age students are making that annual pilgrimage to Ikea or Bed Bath and Beyond to stock up on the supplies they need to make sure their dorm rooms...
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From overpriced textbooks to last-minute lab fees, there are plenty of unexpected costs that can put a serious strain on a college student’s budget.
To manage these unavoidable expenses, it’s...
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It may still be summer break in many parts of the country, but walk into any big box retailer and you’ll see that back-to-school season is in full swing.
Families with children headed back to school...
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As the stock market continues to hit record highs, most financial advisers expect it to show more volatility in the second half of the year.
Even so, nearly two-thirds of advisers are recommending...
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As home prices continue to rise, more people are looking for ways to make their current home meet their needs — and feeling more comfortable investing money to make that happen.
That’s good news for...
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If you’re on the hunt for a new job, think warm thoughts and pack sunglasses.
While the job market has improved across the country, the availability of good jobs still varies by region. A new...
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Just as they have for the past three years, employers plan to give most workers an average raise of 3 percent next year, according to a new report by Willis Towers Watson. Raises for executives will...
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While the meteoric rise of fidget spinners as a must-have toy has eased since they burst onto the scene a few months ago, they remain quite popular.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, however,...
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Students who graduated from college in 2016 with educational loans borrowed slightly less to pay for school than those who finished in 2015, new data shows.
The average student loan balance for 2016...
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More families in America now have two working parents, but many of them are still feeling financially stressed amid rising housing costs and the expenses that come with raising children.
Slideshow:...
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Consumers who get health insurance through their jobs won’t see rate hikes in the double digits like those on the Obamacare exchanges, but they’ll still see the cost of health care go up.
Large...
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You already know that the cost of living varies — sometimes drastically — depending on where you live, but a new Tax Foundation analysis shows exactly how big an impact such variations can have.
The...
