Personal Economics
  • Blackberry Outages Spread to U.S.

    By HAYLEY TSUKAYAMA, The Washington Post

    Research in Motion confirmed Wednesday that widespread problems with its BlackBerry network have spread from Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa to the United States and the rest of North America...

  • Housing Virgins: Meet Today’s First-Time Homebuyer

    By Steve Yoder, The Fiscal Times

    After the housing crash, first-time buyers are now young, single, buying homes within their means, and settling in for the long-haul.

  • 5 Cancers That Cost You Most

    By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News

    Cancer often takes a heavy toll not only on people’s bodies but on their finances as well. And just as some types of cancer are more deadly than others, some types cause more financial pain, as...

  • Families Relying on More Money Management

    By DAVE CARPENTER, Associated Press

    CHICAGO (AP) — Americans have been forced to take a crash course in money management, and class is still in session. Falling home prices and rampant foreclosures. Flat wages and high unemployment...

  • Medical Crisis in America: Why One Doctor Quit

    By Melinda Burns

    In the new book Out of Practice, a primary care physician tells why he quit his upstate New York practice – and why the care of 78 million aging baby boomers can’t be left to specialists.