Fund boards should be turning to “better practices.“ The credo for how mutual funds are run should be “If better is possible, good is...

NEW YORK Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are teaming up to tackle the challenge posed by the iPhone, saying they will collaborate closely to create wireless...

That was then. This is now: Our personal finances come with frustration, complication and financial products that seem incomprehensible. There is so much...

Bernard Madoff’s brother, sons and a niece used the family finance business like a “piggy bank,“ a court-appointed trustee charged yesterday...

In a letter to reverse-mortgage lenders Sept. 23, FHA Commissioner David H. Stevens said his agency must reduce the maximum amounts seniors can receive...

The unfolding economic recovery will probably lose some momentum in the final three months of the year as rising unemployment and still hard-to-get credit...

Money is tight right now, as we all know. Seeing a movie, going out to dinner, even buying an impromptu cup of coffee—things many of us used to do...

You should never fall in love with an investment, but making a long-term commitment can be a good thing. This week, my wife, Susan, and I will celebrate...

If you think there’s enough blame to go around, you’ll agree there are two wrongs and two rights on the controversy surrounding bank overdraft...

Year-over-year figures are the bread-and-butter measurement of economic activity. When analysts want to know just how well a company or industry is performing,...

Mergers, acquisitions are looking up again Whether or not you’re personally convinced that the recession is just about over, those in the big-buck...

That’s a question generating huge pressure on Capitol Hill, from would-be buyers who haven’t found the right house to realty agents, builders,...