Shop carefully to try to avoid fees in banks, funds, credit cards

You can’t track fees without a scorecard in the topsy-turvy 2010 financial world.
While bank fees and credit card rates have increased, some […]

Will Greece turn from euros to gyros?

Athens is abuzz with a rumor: Greece might leave the euro zone and adopt a new currency — a Greek euro, so to speak, […]

Health care bill set for House vote Sunday

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Sunday on the controversial health reform package passed by the Senate on Christmas Eve.
The Senate plan does not […]

Fed: Low rates will continue

The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate near 0% once again Tuesday and said rates should stay this low for the foreseeable future.
Fed […]

Denver company to offer 3D Internet real-estate tool

AccessU2 Mobile Solutions LLC of Denver has cemented a deal to offer GeoData Technologies Inc.’s SiteSeer3D mapping technology, which allows people who want to buy […]

Census jackpot: $500 billion a year in U.S. aid

Federal programs will dole out more than $500 billion a year over the next decade based on data collected through the 2010 Census, according […]

Bad timing tempers bull market’s fund successes

BOSTON — If you’re inspired to celebrate the bull market’s turning a year old, keep the party a subdued affair.
Raise a glass to […]

Germany Snubs Greek Aid Plea as Protest Snarls Athens Traffic

Greece’s pledge to deepen planned budget-deficit cuts failed to yield an offer of assistance from Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, as protesters in Athens seized […]

Buffett Says Housing Woes to Ease Next Year, Barring Explosions

Billionaire Warren Buffett said the U.S. residential real estate slump will end by about 2011, predicting that’s how long it will take demand for […]