President Obama can't name heads of a few agencies, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, over Memorial Day break. But the CFPB is already geared up for work.
There's a lot of creative content on YouTube, some of it copyrighted. But instead of blocking that content, copyright holders increasingly prefer making money.
Older generations knock young adults for being irresponsible. But Kimberly Palmer of the U.S. News and World Report argues that 20-somethings really are responsible.
Tess Vigeland and David Lazarus of the L.A. Times answer questions about how to pay for an overseas education and what to consider before selling a condo.
Illinois is trying to decrease its $13 billion deficit with tax increases. One citizen understands the need to close the deficit, but says the taxes have pinched her budget significantly.
Need a set of wheels, but don't want to commit to car payments? A couple of new Bay Area companies are connecting non-car owners with vehicles that are sitting unused in someone else's garage.
AAA's Heather Hunter discusses this year's high gas prices, and how they will affect summer travel. Already, gas prices are more than $1 per gallon higher than they were last year, but travelers seem undeterred.
Jill Schlesinger, editor-at-large at CBS/MoneyWatch, takes a look at today's numbers from the Commerce Department, and explains how slow consumer spending growth and GDP affects the recovery.
Serbia is counting on the capture of fugitive Ratko Mladic as the ticket to join the European Union. The capture of Mladic, along with other preconditions, had prevented Serbia from joining the 27-state collective.
Japan's consumer prices rose for the first time in over two years in April, due in part to natural disasters and increased fuel prices. But economists say there are some benefits to the news.
Republican Governor Chris Christie calls a 10-state regional greenhouse gas reduction program a failure and says New Jersey will pull out by year's end.
Google officially debuted its new mobile payment system yesterday. Google Wallet lets you bump your phone on a reader device to pay for something. No credit card required.
Host Tess Vigeland's little blue plastic friend is on its way to Arizona, this week, to a woman who asks when a parent's money stops being their money.
In a move to bring back local advertisers, daily papers like the Boston Globe have created their own group-buying sites to compete with Groupon and LivingSocial.
Except the ideas in the GOP proposal aren't new. One is lowering taxes across the board to 25 percent. We've had tax cuts before, so does the theory that they create jobs match reality?
Contrary to expectations, the government didn't revise first quarter growth up from 1.8 percent. Weak consumer spending and factory output mutes the outlook.
The debate over the Keystone XL pipeline has environmentalists and oil companies squaring off, forcing the Obama administration to choose a winner and loser.
The Labor Department announced today that jobless claims increased by 10,000 to 424,000 last week. Diane Swonk, chief economist with Mesirow Financial, explains what could be affecting the job market.
The heads of AT&T and T-Mobile will appear before members of Congress today to defend the merger of the two wireless companies, saying the union won't affect market competition.
The Australian budget airline announced a push to convert all aspects of air travel to "self-service." Passengers will be in charge of their own luggage, check-ins and boarding. And the privilege of speaking to an employee will cost you.
The leaders of eight of the world's wealthiest nations have much to discuss at their annual meeting this week, including emerging democracies, nuclear safety and even the Internet. But any statements or pledges that come out of the meeting are not guaranteed, due to a lack of policy enforcement.
The leaders of the eight industrialized nations have started their annual meeting in Deauville, France. But David Shorr, senior policy analyst at the Stanley Foundation, says the richest nations in the world are struggling to show their relevance.
Economists were worried that political upheaval would slow the Egyptian economy, but instead, a study shows that consumer confidence seems to have risen.
A new study finds that a large group of young people — and over half of young women — are struggling with paying medical bills. Will things change with Obamacare?
A historic flood and drought in the same year are making this a rough season for farmers. And if you pay federal taxes, then you subsidize the crop insurance industry.
That's what may decide a lawsuit against the wireless carrier. People are being charged for data they didn't even know they were using. The plaintiffs say it's a ripoff, AT&T says it's just the way phones work.
Shares in the Russian Internet search company Yandex shot up today. In the company's IPO yesterday, demand for shares was 17 times the number available.
Chicken legs and thighs are piling up in warehouses as China and Russia buy less. So Tyson will sell more dark meat in smoked sausage and pizza toppings to Americans.
It's cheaper to roll your own cigarettes. But regulators say roll-your-own shops are really cigarette manufacturers, subject to all applicable laws and taxes.
Migration between states reached record lows last year due to the continued effects of the recession, according to latest numbers from the Census Bureau. Kenneth Johnson, a senior demographer at the University of New Hampshire, explains.
