Personal Economics
  • 10 Sessions to a Better Brain

    By Futurity Org, Futurity

    Older adults who receive as few as 10 sessions of mental training show long-lasting improvements in reasoning and speed of processing skills 10 years after the intervention. “Our prior research...

  • Fed hawks, wielding votes, urge faster end to bond buying

    Fed hawks, wielding votes, urge faster end to bond buying

    By Ann Saphir and Jonathan Spicer, Reuters

    DALLAS/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should bring its bond-buying program to a swift close, according to two of its most hawkish policymakers who take up voting power this year, with...

  • $13 Million Robocall Scam Finally Thwarted

    By Herb Weisman, CNBC

    A federal court has temporarily pulled the plug on a nationwide telemarketing operation that used illegal robocalls to trick seniors across the U.S. and Canada into buying medical alert devices they...

  • Exclusive: Nasdaq pushes to speed up talks over market fixes

    Exclusive: Nasdaq pushes to speed up talks over market fixes

    By John McCrank, Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group is prepared to walk away from running the data processor that was at the center of a three-hour trading halt in August, in a sign of its frustration with the...

  • Think You Have Obamacare Coverage? Prove It.

    Many consumers who signed up for Obamacare haven’t yet paid their premiums. In some cases, that’s because the consumer has changed her mind, in others it’s because the insurers are behind on...