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The already-hot debate about the fiduciary responsibility of financial advisers is scorching.

Banks are refusing to cash IOUs issued by the state of California after July 10, putting pressure on the Golden State to resolve its budget crisis Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislators are slugging it out over how to fix California's $26.3 billion budget gap.

Loan modification programs have been seen as the answer to preventing foreclosures and allowing the housing market to stabilize. The programs have become progressively more aggressive as foreclosures continue to mount and housing prices continue to slide. The current government program, Making Home Affordable, has a dual approach whereby a ...

American International Group Inc. , the insurer bailed out four times by the government, fell the most in nine months after Citigroup Inc.

From " Don't Fight the Fed " to the January Effect , markets are littered with a long list of "surefire" tips that don't always turn out.

President Obama unveiled his $787 billion stimulus package, some of the benefits are still hiding in the fine print.

There is more going into your investment decisions than you think. Behavioral finance can help you know your unconscious brain.

This may not be the best time to accept an alluring offer. You're one of the lucky ones if you've held onto your job in this recession and gotten an offer of another job too.

Retail chains are using the fine print in their leases to demand rent reductions, eking out critical savings and pressuring mall owners already struggling with vacancies.

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No one argues that the staggering deficits run up by the American government in a bid to rescue the economy are desirable, healthy or even sustainable - not if the national debt continues to swell at its current pace.

A government plan designed to rid banks' books of the troubled assets that exacerbated the financial crisis will do little to address a fundamental weakness of the industry or the broader economy, analysts say.

Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Financial products could come with "health warnings" saying how risky they are, under proposals due to be unveiled by the Treasury.

A study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University revealed that Social Security numbers can be predicted fairly accurately using public information.

AMERICAN International Group Inc lost a big round on Tuesday in its court battle against former CEO Maurice 'Hank' Greenberg.

07/07/09 Given the weight of the recession on economies around the world, trade should be the focus as the eight largest economies meet, experts say.

The expensive approach to retirement is to pile up so much money that you'll be safe no matter how long you live or what goes wrong with your health or the markets.

My family has learned the hard way why you can't ignore finances while dealing with the emotions that surround a life-changing event like job loss or the death of a loved one.

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