Marketplace Money Stories

A new way to bargain hunt — "tuangou," or group shopping — is catching on in China, and it could hit the U.S. next. Scott Tong reports.

The down economy has spawned a new breed of financially mature specimens, the perma-renter. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.

Here's another wrinkle for new homebuyers: You'll have to pay more for mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration. The FHA says it had to toughen the rules because too many of its loans were going bad. Markeplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer explains.

Will the government follow through on its promise to create a consumer protection agency? Elizabeth Warren, professor of law at Harvard University and chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, talks to Tess Vigeland about why she still has hope for the agency and what scrapping it could mean for consumers.

In the latest government effort to rein in mortgage lenders, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development wants 15 mortgage companies to explain why their loans failed. Jeff Tyler reports.

The tragedy that befell the citizens of Haiti has people asking, "What can I do to help?" Ian Moncaster of the World Affairs Council offers some advice.

It's one of the oldest cliches in investing: The stock market is just a casino with a ticker. Bob Frick, author of "How Poker Can Make You a Better Investor," explains what can be learned from the classic card game.

MSN money columnist Liz Pulliam Weston joins Tess Vigeland to take listener questions about credit card debt, and how a parent can help a child financially without doing more harm than good.

Money's economics editor, Chris Farrell, explains why he's cheering the health care bill that's emerged.

Orlando Campbell, a rapper from Oakland, Calif., talks about the ways musicians struggle with health insurance, even when they've begun to make it big.