Money habits are set by age 7. Teach your kids the value of a dollar now
Here are just a few common questions that parents across the country — and across income levels — want answered.
7 tips for talking to your aging parents about money
Fifty-four percent of adults admit that they would rather talk to their kids about sex than their parents about aging.
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Exam asks students to apply critical thinking skills to real-life situations
A new report finds that U.S. students’ financial literacy is only average compared to students worldwide. So what can be done to improve the performance of our schools? Education correspondent John Merrow reports on one test that may help American…
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Housing Market Shows Fastest Rate of Recovery Since Before the Crash
Housing Market Shows Fastest Rate of Recovery Since Before the Crash…
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The German government won a critical vote to greatly increase financial support for a European bailout fund, which could ease the way to a partial default in Greece. Jeffrey Brown discusses the German vote and the worldwide worries over European…
New numbers released by the government Thursday highlighted the continued weak performance of the national economy, with the Commerce Department reporting an anemic 0.6 percent increase in the gross domestic product in the final three months of 2007.
Bethany Mclean of Fortune Magazine reports on the guilty verdict former top officials, Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, former top officials. They were convicted of fraud and conspiracy Thursday for their role in the company's 2001 financial collapse.
