Personal Economics
  • Obama Turns the Screw on Rising College Costs

    With median household income still 6 percent below pre-recession levels, and middle-class Americans struggling to make ends meet, President Obama on Thursday turned the screw a little more on the...

  • UPS to Remove Scores of Spouses from Medical Plan

    By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News

    Partly blaming the health law, United Parcel Service is set to remove thousands of spouses from its medical plan because they are eligible for coverage elsewhere. Many analysts downplay the...

  • The Surgery That Could Save You Thousands

    By Dan Mangan, CNBC

    Average total knee replacement surgery generates indirect savings of almost $40,000--more than offsetting the cost of an operation that costs about $21,000, according to a new study being published...

  • Nasdaq market paralyzed by three hour shutdown

    Nasdaq market paralyzed by three hour shutdown

    By Chuck Mikolajczak and Rodrigo Campos, Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trading in thousands of U.S. stocks ground to a halt for much of Thursday after an unexplained technological problem shut down trading in Nasdaq securities, the latest prominent...

  • Bob Filner

    The High Cost of Sexual Harassment

    While the brouhaha is San Diego is playing out more publicly than most, legal and HR experts say that sexual harassment can be expensive for any organization, both in terms of hard costs associated...