Personal Economics
  • Consumers Worry About Missing Obamacare Deadline

    By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News

    Obamacare enrollment has been open since Oct. 1, but hitches have put many people behind schedule. The next three weeks are critical for consumers keen on getting health coverage as soon as the...

  • New Target of Financial Planners: Clients’ Kids

    By BETH PINSKER GLADSTONE, Reuters

    Clients often ask financial adviser Grant Rawdin to teach their children about money before they send them off to college or to their first jobs. After years of doing so, he had an epiphany: He...

  • It’s the Season for Online Charity Scams

    By Kelley Holland, CNBC

    It's the season to be jolly. Unfortunately, 'tis also the season for charity scams. Consumers often become more generously minded in December, thanks partly to the many appeals they see and hear in...

  • E-Commerce Made the Difference for Retailers

    By Phil Wahba, Reuters

    Heavy discounting took a toll on U.S. retail sales during the Thanksgiving weekend as shoppers spent almost 3 percent less than they did a year earlier, according to data released Sunday by an...

  • Hong Kong confirms first human case of bird flu

    By Reuters

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong confirmed its first case of deadly H7N9 bird flu on Monday in a further sign that the virus is continuing to spread beyond mainland China's borders. The case coincides...