Legal Marijuana Brings New Jobs, Interest From Big Business

Date: Sep 02 2013
Filed under: Job Market, Drug Companies, Job SearchGetty Images By Paul Toscano The cannabis legalization trend is creating jobs in states where laws have been relaxed, and big business is "looking into the industry in a big way," an expert told CNBC ...Read More »

Your Money: Data brokers’ bad info can hurt you

Date: Sep 02 2013
Your Money: Check-authorization companies can create headaches for everyday households. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/IfxZatTuTfU/ Read More »

Crowdfunding…and Other Ways to Save On College Tuition

Date: Sep 02 2013
Filed under: College, College Savings Plans, InvestingGetty Images By Mary Thompson With the cost of a college education increasing at a pace roughly double the pace of inflation, students are looking at new ways to pay for their degrees, cut the costs ...Read More »

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Market: Americans Pulling Money Out of Banks

Date: Sep 02 2013
Filed under: Banking, Banks, Savings Accounts, SavingAlamy By Jeff Cox American bank accounts have gotten noticeably smaller this year as mom-and-pop investors have begun to embrace risk. Deposit balances in insured banks have fallen by $51 billion-a small amount relatively speaking, to be ...Read More »

Lenovo chief shares $3.25 million of bonus with staff

Date: Sep 01 2013
Yang Yuanqing will share $3.25M from his bonus with some 10,000 staffers. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/V82BqGmmZKE/ Read More »

Presidential market scoreboard: Reagan to Obama

Date: Aug 31 2013
Wall St. Cheat Sheet takes a look at how stocks and the economy performed during each term. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/9FqtIDQjD90/ Read More »

Labor Day Gas Prices Lowest in Years

Date: Aug 31 2013
Filed under: Travel, Gas Prices, How to Save Money, Vacation Planning, SavingGetty Images By Sam Ro At the beginning of the year, gas prices were surging at an usually high clip. But the summer has now come and gone and in hindsight, gas ...Read More »

Chronic Poverty Can Lower Your IQ, Study Shows

Date: Aug 31 2013
Filed under: How to Save Money, Planning, SavingGetty By Max Nisen The daily pressures and stresses of poverty take up so much mental energy that it reduces cognitive function. According to a new study, published in Science today, being preoccupied with money ...Read More »

5 things that could trip up stocks in September

Date: Aug 31 2013
September is the least-friendly month for the Dow: Can the market avoid a fall? http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/m5nPnXUwjGo/ Read More »

Happy Labor Day: But What the Heck Happened to the Unions?

Date: Aug 31 2013
Filed under: Unemployment Rate, Job Market, Unemployment, Layoffs, U.S. Government, Economy, People, SavingSusan Watts/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesMembers of the Ironworkers Union march in the Labor Day parade in New York. Before the deep, deep discounts and back-to-school sales, ...Read More »