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It’s a tough time to have a Starbucks habit. The Seattle-based coffee company said Tuesday that it would be hiking prices by an average of 1% in the Northeast

When the final college decision time  comes there are many factors to consider from the cost of tuition to books to board. There’s one more factor to consider

I recently wrote a column on fake check scams and have since been innundated with questions from people who are attempting to earn part-time income as mystery shoppers. If you're wondering

Why are Americans averse to tax hikes? Besides the obvious reluctance to pay more, there's Senator Tom Coburn's "Waste Book," a compendium of 100 idiotic ways the federal

New Year's Eve is a time of new beginnings. It's the time to shut the door on the mistakes of old and vow to do better next year.

Did you hear about the woman with the $201,000 telephone bill? It wasn’t a mistake. It was because her brothers, accustomed to unlimited texting and data, stepped over

Worried that your retirement plans are shot, thanks to a really rotten decade for investors? Don’t despair. Even if the market never returns to its former glory, there are

It may come as little surprise to Americans who have suffered through the “jobless recovery” of the past two years, but Census data released Tuesday confirms the pain

I have a Starbucks habit. (Yes, those cups are all mine.) Now Bills.com wants me to know just how much that habit costs me over time. In fact, they