Personal Economics
  • Column: Bubbles in food prices: John Kemp

    Column: Bubbles in food prices: John Kemp

    By John Kemp, Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - A thoughtful new paper from researchers at the University of Illinois marks a significant step forward in research on how commodity futures prices are formed. Until recently, the...

  • Factory and housing data supports growth picture

    Factory and housing data supports growth picture

    By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orders for long-lasting U.S.-made goods surged last month and home prices posted their biggest year-on-year gain in six and a half years in January, the latest signs the U.S...

  • Pricey Health Plans at Work Hit Consumers Hard

    By Michele Andrews, Kaiser Health News

    Historically, one of the perks of working at a big company has been generous health benefits with modest out-of-pocket costs. But increasingly, large companies are offering their employees only one...

  • How Gay Marriage Can Help Reduce the Deficit

    When you strip away all the religious and personal objections to gay marriage and focus solely on the fiscal and economic impact, you get an interesting picture.

  • How a 17-Year-Old Sold an App to Yahoo for $30 Million

    By Reuters

    Got a tech idea and want to make a fortune before you're out of your teens? Just do it, is the advice of the London schoolboy who's just sold his smartphone news app to Yahoo for a reported $30...