Personal Economics
  • Why We Still Won’t Buy Our Groceries Online

    By Krystina Gustafson, CNBC

    Online shopping has encroached on bricks-and-mortar stores in nearly every aspect. But for one type of retailer, the physical store has so far emerged relatively unscathed. Although major companies...

  • Housing

    The Hidden Risk of Home Equity Loans

    By Sheryl Nance Nash, The Fiscal Times

    Home equity lines of credit, popular in the early 2000s and often cited as a main cause of the subprime mortgage crisis, are in vogue again as home values are on the rise and interest rates remain...

  • Audit shows 100,000 U.S. veterans face long waits for healthcare

    Audit shows 100,000 U.S. veterans face long waits for healthcare

    By David Lawder and Emily Stephenson, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 100,000 veterans are experiencing waits of more than 90 days for appointments at medical centers run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to an...

  • Tyson wins bid for Hillshire in battle of meat titans

    Tyson wins bid for Hillshire in battle of meat titans

    By Lisa Baertlein, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc <TSN.N> won the bidding war for Hillshire Brands Co <HSH.N> with an all-cash offer that values the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages at $8.55 billion and would be...

  • Retirement Savings Fears Grip Americans: “I Don’t Have Enough”

    A recent Gallup poll found that 59 percent of Americans surveyed were very or moderately worried they won’t have enough money for retirement. The Bipartisan Policy Center is launching a "personal...