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Minorities have a harder time networking
Networking is a fact of life in the business world. Some research, from Rutgers University business professor Nancy DiTomaso, revealed that 70 percent of the jobs that people get in their lifetime...
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Should you DIY or hire a financial adviser?
Personal finance may not be rocket science, but some situations require a professional touch. Moving, retiring or sending a kid off to college? Probably ask a pro. But if you just have a 'meat and...
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The triple tax break of a Health Savings Account
Higher deductibles and rising premiums got you down? We’re getting hammered by the high costs of healthcare and even employers are feeling the pinch. To help offset some of the costs, many employers...
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Who's at fault for credit fraud: Company or consumer?
We all know we're supposed to check our credit card statements every month to look for fraudulent charges. But let's be real, we're supposed to do a lot of things. We're slip up once in a while. And...
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The resurgence of HELOCs
Home equity lines of credit, or HELOCs, were all the rage in the early 2000s. People borrowed against their homes to fund all types of things: New cars, college educations, even second homes. Now,...
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The tip jar gets a digital makeover
The humble tip jar is getting an upgrade. Gone are the days when you could just slip in a dollar or two without the cashier noticing how much you think their job is worth. Instead, welcome to the...
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Six expert secrets to a successful Social Security strategy
There’s an anecdote Mary Beth Franklin likes to tell about the office of the Social Security Administration having a dartboard with her face on it. Franklin, an author and contributing editor at...
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Sweeping the World Cup office pool
No one won the $1 billion offered by Warren Buffett and mortgage company Quicken Loans during this year’s March Madness, but that’s not going to stop hopeful American workers from throwing a few bucks...
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Marriage and money: Tips before you walk down the aisle
We often hear about how money issues in a marriage can be a major catalyst for divorce. Whether it's differences in spending habits, debt loads or credit scores, diverging beliefs and habits can be a...
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Fast food service pumps the breaks
The pace of fast food service has been getting slower as menus grow more complex. Sam Oches is editor of QSR Magazine, the bible of the fast food industry. He says consumer demand for quality...
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Syncing club beats with heart beats
Will Bensussen is an alternative hip hop producer and DJ. You might know him by his nom de club: The Gaslamp Killer. After moving to Los Angeles in 2006, he helped found Low End Theory, a weekly...
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How to catch a flash sale before it's over
Whether it's a coupon arriving in your inbox, a time-limited Groupon offer or a tweet alerting you to a right-in-the-moment quickie deal, we've entered an era of instant retail. In other words, flash...
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Jon Ronson on the renaissance of public shaming
There was a time when trolls were just scary fairy tale creatures under bridges harassing billy goats. These days? Trolls are everywhere. Journalist Jon Ronson documents this public shaming...
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The economics of moving for a job
About 2.7 million people voluntarily quit their jobs in April. The question for many of those people then becomes, "Should I relocate?" That's a big, complicated, often hard decision. Alexandra Levit,...
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Finding the fairest minimum wage
Over the past few months, proponents of a higher minimum wage have won in cities like Los Angeles and Seattle, where a $15 per hour minimum wage is being implemented. How do you find the fairest...
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'Life-changing magic' of uncluttering your finances
Anyone who has read Marie Kondo's "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" would agree that imposing order on your surroundings can be an important — and satisfying — experience. In the book, Kondo...
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Local Money: Why all of our roads are so bad
This week a listener wrote to us asking why the roads in his town were so bad, despite that fact that his state was running a budget surplus. This is not a problem unique to one town or city. The...
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Moving manufacturing jobs to Mexico isn't a bad thing
It isn't news that there has been a drop in manufacturing employment. In fact, those jobs have been in decline since the 1970s, and have dropped by 5 million since 2000. But what may come as a...
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There might be a way to eliminate traffic jams
Next weekend for Labor Day, AAA estimates that 35 million Americans will travel. And about 86 percent are due to fill up their gas tanks for one final summer road trip. The company also estimates...
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Looking for a new investment? Check your shoe closet
There isn't anything new and exciting about financial markets, but how about trading in sneakers? StockX debuted earlier this year as a stock market for commodities by getting its feet wet in the...
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