Greg Emerson

If you can’t avoid the temptation to go get drunk on the beach this spring, at least follow these steps to avoid the financial hangover afterward.

Ranked by the size of their endowments, these colleges are putting their vast fortunes toward very different uses.

Despite the rise of online and mobile banking, there are plenty of reasons why cash will be with us forever.

The minimum wage dances on the high-tension wire strung between the desire to promote maximum employment and the need to ensure a living wage for all Americans. Here are how the 50 states find the balance.

Using a comprehensive set of indicators, the Foundation for Child Development paints a diverse picture of children’s well-being in the U.S. While some states excelled, these 10 failed miserably.

Every job is stressful to some extent, but which are the most nerve-racking of all? You may be surprised to learn how some desk jobs stack up with more dangerous jobs in the field.

Economic forecasting is a messy science with no hard and fast rules, but a few top predictors say that a balance of hard and soft numbers can paint a pretty good future of where our economy is headed. Some of the numbers they use may surprise you.

Here are some of the deals that caught our eye this morning.

With tuition rates rising and personal incomes falling, financial aid is becoming a necessity for more and more students, but filling out the FAFSA correctly is only one step of the process.