Crooks set sights on bank ATMs Stop and look before inserting your card into an ATM machine. Crooks have been tampering with automated teller machines...

Remember when the “good-faith estimates” your lender gave you upfront said closing costs would be about $2,000, but somehow they ballooned...

Scareware won’t shield computers Thieves in the cyber underworld are making a ton of money pedaling scareware—rogue security software—to...

The JCPenney Afterschool Fund has awarded six grants totaling $30,226 to support after-school care at the Chickahominy, Downtown, North Richmond, Patrick...

Red flags while job hunting Unemployed and feeling desperate? This is no time to drop your guard and inadvertently expose your personal data to identity...

A primer on spousal credit debt If your spouse dies and leaves behind credit-card debt, do you have to pay it? Maybe, maybe not: If it’s a joint...

The largest single gift to any girls’ independent school—$31 million—has been bequeathed to Chatham Hall by alumna Elizabeth Beckwith...

The pitches are especially attractive to homebuyers and mortgage applicants because they offer a way to raise credit scores enough to get loan applications...

NEW YORK As Bart Cleveland talks to employees of his ad agency, he sees the strain. “We’re really keenly aware of what the economy is doing...

Web sites manage social loans Do friends or relatives ever hit you up for a loan because they know you have a nest egg? Then they don’t repay the...

The form authorizes a loan officer or mortgage investor to get electronic transcripts from the Internal Revenue Service covering multiple years of your...

The WRVA Alden Aaroe Shoe Fund isn’t just for shoes anymore. Donations of more than $60,000 this year helped more than 800 children get off to a...

Keep an eye on your credit score If you manage your credit well, you shouldn’t be angst-ridden about achieving a perfect credit score. You don’t...

The Richmond Ballet’s “Nutcracker” will make a grand jeté to the new Carpenter Theatre this year with help from Dominion Resources....

Compulsive buyers drawn to Internet Compulsive buyers prefer the fast, secret thrill of shopping on the Internet rather than in bricks-and-mortar stores....

What big purchase did you make over the Labor Day weekend? I bought a mattress. Buying a mattress can be a dreadful experience. Here’s what I scribbled...

If you had to put a price on the friendship between Carole and Marcus Weinstein of Richmond and Sam Spencer, the former president of Davidson College,...