Personal Economics
  • Meet the “Hand-to-Mouth Wealthy”

    More than 38 million Americans have little or nothing in the way of liquid cash set aside to help them weather an unexpected fiscal downturn, according to a new study. But surprisingly, more than two...

  • Don’t Fall Victim to the Biggest Tax Scam Ever

    Be suspicious of anyone who calls you and claims to be from the Internal Revenue Service, federal authorities are warning . The sophisticated phone scam has hit more than 20,000 people in almost...

  • Young Military Vets Face New Battle for Jobs

    By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

    Unemployment among U.S. military veterans eased last year, government data showed on Thursday, but remained far higher than the national average rate for the civilian population. The unemployment...

  • Happier People Are More Productive – Here’s Proof

    By Futurity Org, Futurity

    New research confirms what Google already knows: Greater employee happiness results in higher productivity without sacrificing quality. Economists carried out a number of experiments to test the idea...

  • 6 of the Most Useless Job Interview Questions

    By Allison Linn, CNBC

    Many of the common questions people ask in job interviews aren't actually that helpful in predicting how well a person will do in a job, experts say. Instead of finding the best job candidates, they...